[oe] Git Migration Status

[Cliff Brake]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Marcin Juszkiewicz
<openembedded at haerwu.biz> wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 of July 2008 01:57:43 Rod Whitby wrote:
>> Richard Purdie wrote:
>> > There is also the issue of commit ID naming. I'm tempted to propose
>> > we use commit IDs with a domain such as
>> > userid at developers.openembedded.org. This would allow email
>> > redirection should we ever want it without interfering with the
>> > main domain. The alternative is to let people use their own domains
>> > but this means the IDs change when people change email address and
>> > isn't really consistent for the metadata and maintaining a single
>> > identity. I'm really open to opinions on this though.
>>
>> Just use real email addresses.  If someone doesn't want to use their
>> current home or work email address, or has an address that they don't
>> own (and therefore will change in the future), they can easily get a
>> google mail or yahoo mail account purely for a commit email address.
>>
>> The Linux kernel uses real email addresses.  Why would OE do
>> something different?
>
> I am also for real email addresses. If someone wants to use
> userid at dev.openembedded.org as commit one I am fine as long as this
> alias works as email. Now I do most of OE related job during my OH hours
> so I would prefer to commit as hrw at o-hand.com and as
> openembedded at haerwu.biz for my own stuff. In both situations there will
> be real name attached to email so it should not be a problem to contact
> me.

Using real email addresses would also simplify server admin and be one
less load on the server.  When the spam starts flowing, this can
require a significant amount of network bandwidth.  Where I host my
main web site and domain, the owner claims spam to email accounts is
by far the greatest use of bandwidth, and he spends a lot of time
implementing anti-spam measures.  With limited resources, simple is
good!

Cliff

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