Re: [PATCH 2/2] Clean up emails from non-existing domains
Peter Robinson <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 at 14:50, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 07:17:36AM +0200, Michal Simek wrote: > > > > > > On 8/24/26 18:39, Tom Rini wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 10:32:52AM +0200, Michal Simek wrote: > > > > > > > There are 5 domains which no longer exist. Remove all email addresses that > > > > reference them. Where such an address was the board's only maintainer, mark > > > > the board as Orphan. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <[email protected]> > > > > > > This is generally good idea, however: > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/sun9i-a80-cx-a99.dts b/arch/arm/dts/sun9i-a80-cx-a99.dts > > > > index cf126bbd2c57..0642161ec969 100644 > > > > --- a/arch/arm/dts/sun9i-a80-cx-a99.dts > > > > +++ b/arch/arm/dts/sun9i-a80-cx-a99.dts > > > > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > > > > /* > > > > * sun9i-a80-cx-a99.dts - Device Tree file for the Sunchip CX-A99 board. > > > > * > > > > - * Copyright (C) 2017 Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <[email protected]> > > > > + * Copyright (C) 2017 Rask Ingemann Lambertsen > > > > * > > > > * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms > > > > * of the GPL or the X11 license, at your option. Note that this dual > > > > > > I don't think we should be taking email addresses out of headers. This > > > kind of information is useful in looking in to history and trying to > > > track people down. > > > > That's why I kept there name. Emails are saved in history anyway. > > I don't think having emails in headers will help with anything. They don't > > work and they are not going to work. > > It means if people ping that author and get nothing back it is IMHO just > > driving them in wrong direction with unreasonable delay and hope. > > Having the old email at least used to make it easier to search up for a > new one, but I see that's not so much the case anymore. So yeah, OK. Assuming it wasn't just copied from a Linux driver where that person doesn't have any context, the email in the git commit likely provides better information I think.