From: A Large Angry SCM Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:17:45 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] mailmap: resurrect lower-casing of email addresses Message-ID: <49D54799.9010607@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, A Large Angry SCM wrote: > >> Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> Johannes Schindelin writes: >>> >>>>> What part of the email address is this going to lowercase? Only the >>>>> domain >>>>> name is case agnostic. >>> That is my understanding of RFC, too. Let's see where this mail goes to >>> find out how much more lenient the real world is ;-). >>> >>> >> Many email providers/servers are lenient when it comes to case in the >> local part of an email address (after all, they control the >> interpretation) but not every provider/server is and the RFC is VERY >> clear on this issue. > > And in one of my projects it is _very_ clear that this strict > interpretation of the RFC, which does not matter in reality, _actively_ > _hurts_. Care to provide actual justification for that statement. > In the alternative, can I ask you to adjust my .mailmap in your free time? _Your_ .mailmap file is your issue. So which standards do you choose to follow and which do you choose to ignore?