Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754744AbYG2BZy (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:25:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754280AbYG2BZm (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:25:42 -0400 Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.92.24]:30894 "EHLO qw-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754205AbYG2BZk (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:25:40 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=YCbDjghkxEi7QEzeYYuWLmXgVEppZhDy/6pcXLpU5xVivEjTB5Uvl+0nN7xZYToPDe SaImlPTT32dPA1kPVLW4l/zhXpcvJUTmfKWugII5rPmaGKSuKkGThRkTroVavmmE8UC7 JdVcJVBQtPCq+aTNwptnS+rlrytKOTn3R2Tus= Message-ID: <9e4733910807281825v42f9700al420ba48aebf3d790@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:25:39 -0400 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Al Viro" Subject: Re: 463 kernel developers missing! Cc: "Simon Arlott" , lkml In-Reply-To: <20080729011526.GF28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9e4733910807280745l248801ebp134e77fc1ac70c02@mail.gmail.com> <488DF9CF.8020408@simon.arlott.org.uk> <9e4733910807281005y62dca90ar96f663908e644546@mail.gmail.com> <488DFD97.7080802@simon.arlott.org.uk> <9e4733910807281022v38d323c9sc7b63235824690f6@mail.gmail.com> <488E0BB6.7020006@simon.arlott.org.uk> <9e4733910807281119m10f9b6e3v98fc892a42476c86@mail.gmail.com> <488E1147.5040803@simon.arlott.org.uk> <9e4733910807281200m25f7f16bwa6678694bb25a61@mail.gmail.com> <20080729011526.GF28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 801 Lines: 21 On 7/28/08, Al Viro wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 03:00:13PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > Other people aren't perfect, I've found over 1,000 typos in the those > > names and emails. We need a validation mechanism. > > Who's "we", luser, and why would I possibly give a damn for your needs? Let's drop the whole Sign-off-by mechanism. If we can't be bothered to clean up the junk in Signed-off-by why should we bother recording them? Sign every patch Mickey Mouse, it has the same effect. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/