Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759644Ab2EPR6k (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2012 13:58:40 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:49586 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752823Ab2EPR6j (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2012 13:58:39 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: RF583eF8ptWmmGyM+5HF/d2s9riqdhLqJlaokd4kgy1T 1337191117 Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:58:36 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Philipp Riemer Cc: Josh Boyer , Joe Perches , Paul Mundt , Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=FCsch?= , Kuninori Morimoto , Jiri Kosina , Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= , LKML , Wang Chen , Jonathan Corbet Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] new mailmap file for the linux kernel git repository Message-ID: <20120516175836.GB3094@kroah.com> References: <1337184643.4818.8.camel@joe2Laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1443 Lines: 30 On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 07:01:54PM +0200, Philipp Riemer wrote: > I thought about the fact that over time people move companies. In my > case, I try to do some kind of time series analysis and thus it might > be interesting to see who was employed but now works as a freelancer > etc. Here, the opinion of other people who analyze the kernel such as > Wang Chen, Greg KH, or Jonathan Corbet might be interesting... The mailmap file does not show this type of thing very well at all, and I wouldn't recommend trying to keep it up to date this way. I say this as someone who tries to keep track of who is working for whom. This information changes over time, and as others have pointed out, some people use multiple email addresses to categorize their submittions (work vs. hobby) for legal and personal reasons. Our database has been made public at times, so you should be using that instead of trying to update the mailmap file. So while it might be nice to update it, why do you want to do so? We have updated and cleaned-up log files publicly if you want to use those for research (they are in my github archive). Modifying things here probably would not be a good idea. sorry, greg k-h -- 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/