On 01/12/06, Hua Zhong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am curious, what's the point?
These email addresses serve a "historical" purpose: they tell when the
contribution was made, what the author's email addresses
were at that point.
It's not MAINTAINERS. If people want to contact someone, go find the latest
address there.
Yes, MAINTAINERS is the preferred location for maintainer info, but
when there is no entry in maintainers (or when the person listed there
is not responsive), many people (including me) use the names or email
addresses listed in source files as people to contact. So it's nice
when the email addresses are up to date.
In my opinion the addresses should be working ones or not present at
all (or at the very least there should be a note that the email
address is outdated).
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