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[209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id r29-v6si18749718pff.24.2018.08.01.11.37.56; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:38:10 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@google.com header.s=20161025 header.b=fs5oMPYL; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=REJECT sp=REJECT dis=NONE) header.from=google.com Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388453AbeHAUXj (ORCPT + 99 others); Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:23:39 -0400 Received: from mail-pg1-f182.google.com ([209.85.215.182]:33383 "EHLO mail-pg1-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732878AbeHAUXj (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:23:39 -0400 Received: by mail-pg1-f182.google.com with SMTP id r5-v6so11242560pgv.0 for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:36:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=xizb0a9z96+agddiSCaFJC89kOdfUDqfSyHP/B0nzLI=; b=fs5oMPYL/y5gby8cMvCPDYvKe+afJ6iNhQ9KQ3T50BMnGERbgY4pvXejJFQwHYFXxG yr5gZiWrgcOEbS9qmK5pKpWmnRki0MHFLhyyLc9KP5fSUlu3uWdsBfKSibgHiDzBr4SU QC+UehepUqD+CCtBIlAhHVbDFGeg9P6WmzuqDEF7Y/WBU0gaOIu7YBkj4Nbprl7X5O1K ou0mGAU9OJ+M7d86T8BORKz7jP8+W3XEneYC2dMLOVIwOw78FNPEcZbrJUAVGT3F8Gjw Q5PO/fs3t2mM3xUWNCLX7r+3G+0fIDxfq31wp4CD6MoObhHkikjLpAZBvjogIkldXp67 4AmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=xizb0a9z96+agddiSCaFJC89kOdfUDqfSyHP/B0nzLI=; b=TumrQ+TQM1I4wu1jrKu6UuAy7ag/kNI82+5y3TjrFCVUlUFbJYLDyMhSS6aIHrw0t0 lNzEQQbcyRXIOunFmsUfLIUdvK+fYrmv5nfjIcJVlFOsE0DNpRyIyOaDvoMsTi2PyQVl +yEv1jME11ssxW+HM3AWP5PBMZYuF4nvJeIvwjZVr27pklkIdU+9h3q4lEOO7RH94+dk EWEx4k1BP0PAl3uc5yAAZrjDy6ItUlEEzVyIbAGJ3NtfZId5sCBsibrdELnOq1werXNB vGgj5xBohBraJk9QFXctioROgSN3FobutfWyJKdAay8YH46eTZ/GpwkBQYkmSOhYCU9e VQ+g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlFnAoKksqkk1L55B0UrwaG6FE/75CgmA47qHBnro3q9ZS1qQsVj uX/gupdv79XfOaJhvvWh12ObL/ej09UTwIadEpv71LVkP6w= X-Received: by 2002:a63:9619:: with SMTP id c25-v6mr25350922pge.75.1533148594971; Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:36:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Nick Desaulniers Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 11:36:23 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: get_maintainer.pl and change of email To: joe@perches.com Cc: LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org It seems that get_maintainer.pl will make recommendations based on commit history to a file, but over time, people change emails that they commit from, then get_maintainer.pl recommends the possibly now invalid email address. I feel like we should have a look up table / file like MAINTAINERS that tracks previous and new email addresses, which get_maintainer.pl would parse, that way we have a record of movement between committer email addresses allowing get_maintainer.pl to make more accurate recommendations. Thoughts? -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers