# Ben Walton

GitHub: https://github.com/bdwalton
Addresses: bdwalton@gmail.com, bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca
Messages: 197. Patches: 95. Threads started: 40.
First message: 2009-02-23T14:33:02Z. Latest: 2015-07-19T18:00:36Z.

## Messages per year

| Year | Messages | Patches |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 47 | 24 |
| 2010 | 24 | 12 |
| 2011 | 26 | 10 |
| 2012 | 64 | 23 |
| 2013 | 24 | 15 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 |

## Patch series

22 merged, 14 not merged, 0 in review (posted in the last 90 days); acceptance rate 61%. Re-rolls count once; merged means a patch matches a commit on master by the same author.

- 2015-07-19 not merged: [Modify tr expressions so that xpg4/tr handles it on Solaris](https://gitlist.dev/t/39894)
- 2015-03-02 not merged: [Use unsigned char to squash compiler warnings](https://gitlist.dev/t/38681)
- 2014-12-22 not merged: [Use wc instead of awk to count subtrees in t0090-cache-tree](https://gitlist.dev/t/38226)
- 2014-09-29 not merged: [Use SHELL_PATH as hash bang in test suite askpass helper script.](https://gitlist.dev/t/37642)
- 2014-09-28 not merged: [Do not make trace.c/getnanotime an inlined function](https://gitlist.dev/t/37639)
- 2014-05-30 not merged: [Fix a bug in compat/bswap.h endianness detection](https://gitlist.dev/t/36791)
- 2013-11-03 merged: [Change sed i\ usage to something Solaris' sed can handle](https://gitlist.dev/t/35220) commit 90a95301d32b
- 2013-10-28 merged: [Avoid broken Solaris tr](https://gitlist.dev/t/34209) commit 53039ab15490
- 2013-02-09 merged: [Fix a portability issue with git-cvsimport](https://gitlist.dev/t/32871) commit 68868ff57348
- 2013-01-01 not merged: [Avoid using non-POSIX cp options](https://gitlist.dev/t/32499)
- 2012-10-25 merged: [Use character class for sed expression instead of \s](https://gitlist.dev/t/31936) commit db7fde9caeb9
- 2012-10-08 not merged: [t/t5400-send-pack: Use POSIX options to cp for portability](https://gitlist.dev/t/31749)
- 2012-09-30 merged: [Prevent git-config from storing section keys that are too long](https://gitlist.dev/t/31463) commit 0971e992c4e2
- 2012-08-07 merged: [Avoid crippled getpass function on Solaris](https://gitlist.dev/t/31192) commit 436783c95a59
- 2012-04-13 merged: [Avoid bug in Solaris xpg4/sed as used in submodule](https://gitlist.dev/t/30186) commit c5bc42b9b7bf
- 2012-04-09 not merged: [Avoid problem with xpg4 grep in Solaris that broke t9400](https://gitlist.dev/t/30189)
- 2012-03-31 merged: [Use SHELL_PATH from build system in run_command.c:prepare_shell_cmd](https://gitlist.dev/t/30115) commit b3e34dddc0d3
- 2012-02-05 merged: [Change include order in two compat/ files to avoid compiler warning](https://gitlist.dev/t/29549) commit cd4c4e2481dd
- 2012-02-02 not merged: [t0300-credentials: Word around a solaris /bin/sh bug](https://gitlist.dev/t/29527)
- 2012-01-10 merged: [Re-roll of the test fix for sed on solaris](https://gitlist.dev/t/29275) commit 8b9624c3741f
- 2011-11-02 not merged: [Escape file:// URL's to meet subversion SVN::Ra requirements](https://gitlist.dev/t/28826)
- 2011-08-24 merged: [Grammar and wording fixes in gitrepository-layout](https://gitlist.dev/t/28172) commit 3d3d282146e1
- 2011-08-24 merged: [Mark http-fetch without -a as deprecated](https://gitlist.dev/t/28197) commit a6c786fce8da
- 2011-03-21 merged: [Work around broken ln on solaris as used in t8006](https://gitlist.dev/t/26809) commit c3786c847209
- 2010-03-20 not merged: [Add a git-completion rpm subpackage to the spec](https://gitlist.dev/t/23095)
- 2010-03-20 merged: [Template cleanups](https://gitlist.dev/t/23107) commit 502be959531b
- 2010-02-01 merged: [configure tweaks for NO_PYTHON](https://gitlist.dev/t/22463) commit f22cd7fcc54a
- 2010-01-19 merged: [cvsimport: update to use non-dash git commands](https://gitlist.dev/t/22253) commit 640d9d08738d
- 2009-11-04 merged: [Set Makefile variables from configure](https://gitlist.dev/t/21447) commit d79d9e13375c
- 2009-10-29 not merged: [Default Pager and Editor at build-time](https://gitlist.dev/t/21405)

## Recent emails

- 2015-07-19 [[PATCH 3/3] Fix sed usage in tests to work around broken xpg4/sed on Solaris](https://gitlist.dev/e/1437328836-19156-4-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2015-07-19 [[PATCH 2/3] Fix sed usage in tests to work around broken xpg4/sed on Solaris](https://gitlist.dev/e/1437328836-19156-3-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2015-07-19 [[PATCH 1/3] Modify tr expressions so that xpg4/tr handles it on Solaris](https://gitlist.dev/e/1437328836-19156-2-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2015-07-19 [Adapt some tests to work around broken Solaris tools](https://gitlist.dev/e/1437328836-19156-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2015-07-18 [[PATCH 2/2] Fix sed usage in tests to work around broken xpg4/sed on Solaris](https://gitlist.dev/e/1437232892-27978-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2015-07-18 [[PATCH 1/2] Modify tr expression so that xpg4/tr handles it on Solaris](https://gitlist.dev/e/1437232877-27897-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2015-03-02 [[PATCH] Use unsigned char to squash compiler warnings](https://gitlist.dev/e/1425324151-5480-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2014-12-22 [[PATCH] Use wc instead of awk to count subtrees in t0090-cache-tree](https://gitlist.dev/e/1419270744-1408-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2014-09-29 [[PATCH] Ensure SHELL_PATH is the hash bang for test suite askpass helper script.](https://gitlist.dev/e/1411974127-5258-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2014-09-28 [[PATCH] Use SHELL_PATH as hash bang in test suite askpass helper script.](https://gitlist.dev/e/1411942867-3995-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2014-09-28 [[PATCH] Do not make trace.c/getnanotime an inlined function](https://gitlist.dev/e/1411890626-28237-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2014-05-30 [[PATCH] Fix a bug in compat/bswap.h endianness detection](https://gitlist.dev/e/1401463360-26972-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-11-03 [[PATCH] Change sed i\ usage to something Solaris' sed can handle](https://gitlist.dev/e/1383484109-30838-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [Re: [PATCH] Avoid difference in tr semantics between System V and BSD](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j164JyuZ7TZ%3DLhaGWMX4VLyX_T7nS6Mn9ztrjKfJRM2mnw%40mail.gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [Re: [PATCH] t/README: tests can use perl even with NO_PERL](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j14cRXkmp24AcFHya89pA3N6cpfbHhdrpaKbPHj4MPJP7w%40mail.gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [[PATCH] Avoid difference in tr semantics between System V and BSD](https://gitlist.dev/e/1382996580-19031-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [[PATCH] Avoid difference in tr semantics between System V and BSD](https://gitlist.dev/e/1382996441-18926-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [Re: [PATCH] Avoid difference in tr semantics between System V and BSD](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j17Qv7DrrbgZTsCQB8gxsfQTfVy35s9sDkW0%3DpHz9F%2BW3Q%40mail.gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [Re: [PATCH] Change sed i\ usage to something Solaris' sed can handle](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j15%2BE4cz_kwJwaSH7-3agwC5J3jGNfaixSUg2%3D8xAzZoQg%40mail.gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [Re: [PATCH] Avoid difference in tr semantics between System V and BSD](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j179XPZqTGiZuvyZEL94Q14ocas%2Br8mP_R4gLetWwikkwA%40mail.gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [[PATCH] Avoid difference in tr semantics between System V and BSD](https://gitlist.dev/e/1382951633-6456-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-10-28 [Re: [PATCH] Avoid broken Solaris tr](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j17OCrYjsVK%2BW_TR-g99YmzY3d9TnYfwHXK7%2B6vPrVjDaQ%40mail.gmail.com)
- 2013-10-27 [[PATCH] Change sed i\ usage to something Solaris' sed can handle](https://gitlist.dev/e/1382909208-7716-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-06-18 [[PATCH] Avoid broken Solaris tr](https://gitlist.dev/e/1371590247-13436-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-02-09 [[PATCH 3/3] Avoid non-portable strftime format specifiers in git-cvsimport](https://gitlist.dev/e/1360446418-12280-4-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-02-09 [[PATCH 2/3] Fix get_tz_offset to properly handle DST boundary cases](https://gitlist.dev/e/1360446418-12280-3-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-02-09 [[PATCH 1/3] Move Git::SVN::get_tz to Git::get_tz_offset](https://gitlist.dev/e/1360446418-12280-2-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-02-09 [[PATCH 0/3] Fix a portability issue with git-cvsimport](https://gitlist.dev/e/1360446418-12280-1-git-send-email-bdwalton%40gmail.com)
- 2013-01-20 [Re: [PATCH 2/3] Allow Git::get_tz_offset to properly handle DST boundary times](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j14Og7YLaZj0dbpAhUHFfuy0Y%3DbEn_3EqGzxR5PRA7vQXA%40mail.gmail.com)
- 2013-01-16 [Re: [PATCH 1/3] Move Git::SVN::get_tz to Git::get_tz_offset](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP30j164UD9gNRbZ%3DuCQjgpDODWnGtYmHcWES2P%3DYPryL%3DFbZA%40mail.gmail.com)