From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: sds@gnu.org
Cc: 52785@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma"
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:22:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <831r21sqgi.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lzczllvkfd.fsf@3c22fb11fdab.ant.amazon.com> (message from Sam Steingold on Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:04:38 -0500)
> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Cc: 52785@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:04:38 -0500
>
> >> The result is that when full name is specified in the system as
> >> "Steingold, Sam", `user-full-name' returns "Steingold".
> >>
> >> Are we really sure that this is still the intended behavior?
> >
> > Yes, I think so.
>
> Why?
Because we have been doing that since 1996.
> > Feel free to suggest a documentation patch.
>
> Sure, as soon as I understand the reason for this behavior (because it
> has to be included in the doc!)
It doesn't. (I could hypothesize about the reasons, but I'd rather
not.)
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-24 19:35 bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma" Sam Steingold
2021-12-24 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 20:04 ` Sam Steingold
2021-12-24 20:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-12-25 7:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 20:22 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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