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Re: Pseudonymous commits

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 25, 2010, 23:57 UTC
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> writes:
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> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, Mike.lifeguard wrote:
> 
> > On 10-03-25 01:39 AM, Theodore Tso wrote:
> > > How do you know whether said contributor
> > > isn't a Chinese intelligence agent trying to insert a backdoor into
> > > your program
> > 
> > Because they are only contributing translations.
> 
> Just take over authorship of the patch yourself then.
> 
> Or pick a generic email address such as the translator's mailing list 
> email address or the like.

In the case of translations one cal use generic "language team" mailing list, i.e. <LL@li.org> (where LL is ISO code of language, e.g. 'de@li.org' for translations to German, etc.).

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Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
Previous: Chris Packham
Message 13 of 13 in “Pseudonymous commits”
  1. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  2. Theodore TsoMar 25, 2010
  3. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  4. Kris ShannonMar 25, 2010
  5. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  6. Avery PennarunMar 25, 2010
  7. Alex RiesenMar 25, 2010
  8. Santi BéjarMar 25, 2010
  9. Nicolas PitreMar 25, 2010
  10. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  11. Nicolas PitreMar 25, 2010
  12. Chris PackhamMar 25, 2010
  13. Jakub NarebskiMar 25, 2010

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