From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Mangled and unclear attributions in the Emacs history Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:37:52 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20140331143925.283A3380492@snark.thyrsus.com> <53397FA9.2070102@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1396283908 17608 80.91.229.3 (31 Mar 2014 16:38:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 18:38:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WUfE6-0000Fv-1v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:38:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50201 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUfE5-0006Mn-LT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:38:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45735) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUfDy-0006MQ-SK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:38:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUfDx-0007O7-Th for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:38:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::231]:40909) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUfDx-0007NZ-NZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:38:13 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id cc10so3660059wib.4 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:38:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=AKfulZvznfyRgccuyFuYDOquB43Vr5g//cMAmh46tWg=; b=PykE//bn8n8NoQzIs2uD8PPXaFDNjScLDcGceQKCERnn/7NThxKywP88MCt+7ZvXkD T6PCKamav0TghK6eDygDmLuH2cZ8U7mlasQccd5sAf25A3wlfcJDbEw5BbabsbGhz3OG XIK9OF52hTncgrhRjCK7ePOonrwQT8LGAdNuwdKAiyhV/7W7UN9f1+oBbBjSWgOCLWu0 ExD2t+G8xp0oSC0mFN8+O/bs+3BtMaAvDZbFFLmygyWDTZrjUWmw53McAN62VJbUCyjH SPkArGzelbdoh5Bx/xetixGQ2DUJOwPcSWEDgwk5DgzWPoy8qPYgmUm33EJFNE1n2Vwg ftPg== X-Received: by 10.194.78.4 with SMTP id x4mr7171885wjw.58.1396283892194; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.143.80 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:37:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53397FA9.2070102@cs.ucla.edu> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:171219 Archived-At: What Paul said. Eric's own rule of thumb was that the result of the conversion should look as if git had been in use the entire time; that would imply that the "name at the time of contribution" would have been recorded. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Eric S. Raymond wrote: >> >> what do we consider most useful in the event of >> a personal name change: name at time of contribution or most >> recent name? > > > Name at time of contribution, though it's not a big deal. >