Re: [PATCH] .mailmap: Update mailmap
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
- Date
- Sep 11, 2021, 14:52 UTC
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- <87czpfc2j6.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 03:31:49AM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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> Whereas most if not all edits to this file are likely to be janitorial > work such as de-duplicating E-Mail addresses, or cases where the people > involved even if they can't be contacted have already shared this > information unambiguously with the world, it just happens to be in the > mailing list archive, not in .mailmap. > > E.g. I'd think these were fine, even assuming you can't contact the > parties involved: > > * The ML history reveals someone who's clearly the same person was > using N E-Mail addresses in succession, we should probably map it all > to the latest one, unclutters shortlog and the like.
Just playing devil's advocate for a moment. What about people who have used two different identities because they were contributing in two different capacities (say, one from a work email, where they want to continue to credit that entity, and then later from a personal email).
That works against the goal of "you can easily email the person from an old commit". But it seems reasonable to respect their wishes there (e.g., they may not _want_ to deal with old contributions submitted as part of work).
The root of the problem is that we don't know their wishes, so we are making an assumption when a third party proposes the change.
-Peff