> > The email address is the problem I was trying to fix; with multiple current
> > and non-current authors and maintainers who might not even be authors the
> > address(es) available from the tag confuse the issue of whom to contact.
> > It's moreover also information that easily outdated.
> >
> > A bit more than half of the tags in the tree don't include an email address
> > already and I'll submit patches removing more...
>
> Please don't do this
>
> NACK this change.
>
> Whether someone puts their email address into the entry is their own
> business. We do not need a style police for module author entries.
>
> At most you might want to put
>
> "If you include an email address then please use an address that
> you expect to keep for the long term, and if you change address
> please remember to update or remove the entry"
>
> > A bit more than half of the tags in the tree don't include an email
> > address already and I'll submit patches removing more...
>
> And I'll NAK every one which hasn't been signed off by the email address
> listed OR the address bounces. In which case removing it is good.
Can't we just subtitle it somehow? Add tags: " (current maintainer)",
" (original author, inactive)", " (bug and defect reports)", or whatever
you like after the names.
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