From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "tiny change" + assignment (was: Changes to emacs/man/ChangeLog) Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 00:22:08 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146867872 5511 80.91.229.2 (5 May 2006 22:24:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 22:24:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 06 00:24:27 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fc8ii-0008Jq-Ax for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 May 2006 00:24:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fc8ih-0006wB-Re for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 May 2006 18:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fc8iU-0006ts-R4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 May 2006 18:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fc8iT-0006td-F8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 May 2006 18:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fc8iT-0006tW-7H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 May 2006 18:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fc8iU-0003np-V3; Fri, 05 May 2006 18:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id BD45FA50018; Sat, 6 May 2006 00:23:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 06 May 2006 00:24:14 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:53985 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org >> From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) >> Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 16:54:25 +0200 >> >> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >> > The FSF is (rightfully, IMHO) picky about having the same >> > spelling on file and in ChangeLog entries, so I will wait for Richard >> > to tell what to do in this case. >> >> If we are picky about this, then we have a _huge_ problem! >> >> Just look at the authors-aliases list in lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el ... > > The way I understand it, the aliases don't matter. What matters is > that the log entries use the _legal_ name of the contributor, which is > the name stated in the papers he/she signed. The aliases are there because the ChangeLogs and other files use those _different_ names for authors. I'm pretty sure that only one of those names match the one on file. IANAL either. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk