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Re: [PATCH] mailmap: resurrect lower-casing of email addresses

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 2, 2009, 23:08 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0904030107320.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<49D542FA.3070304@gmail.com>
Hi,
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, A Large Angry SCM wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> 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_.

In the alternative, can I ask you to adjust my .mailmap in your free time?

Thankyouverymuch, Dscho

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  1. mailmap: resurrect lower-casing of email addressesJohannes Schindelin, Mar 31, 2009
  2. A Large Angry SCMApr 2, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinApr 2, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2009
  5. A Large Angry SCMApr 2, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinApr 2, 2009
  7. A Large Angry SCMApr 2, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinApr 3, 2009
  9. Jeff KingApr 3, 2009
  10. A Large Angry SCMApr 4, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinApr 6, 2009
  12. A Large Angry SCMApr 7, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinApr 7, 2009
  14. Markus HeidelbergApr 7, 2009
  15. Alles wird Git, was Re: [PATCH] mailmap: resurrect lower-casing of email addressesJohannes Schindelin, Apr 8, 2009
  16. A Large Angry SCMApr 8, 2009
  17. Alles wird Git, was Re: [PATCH] mailmap: resurrect lower-casing of email addressesJohannes Schindelin, Apr 8, 2009
  18. A Large Angry SCMApr 8, 2009
  19. A Large Angry SCMApr 4, 2009
  20. Marius Storm-OlsenApr 7, 2009

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