Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754842AbYG2Bh1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:37:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752596AbYG2Bg4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:36:56 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:52269 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752068AbYG2Bgx (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:36:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:36:50 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Jon Smirl Cc: Simon Arlott , lkml Subject: Re: 463 kernel developers missing! Message-ID: <20080729013650.GG28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <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> <9e4733910807281825v42f9700al420ba48aebf3d790@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e4733910807281825v42f9700al420ba48aebf3d790@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1013 Lines: 22 On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 09:25:39PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > 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. That still doesn't answer either of my questions. As for your question, the point is to have them good enough to make an individual changeset feasible to track. -- 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/