Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] shim: Fix generation of compat/callback.i: allow redef of OBJECT vars

["Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> 07/19/18 7:00 PM >>>
>On Thu, 19 Jul 2018, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> > Signed-off-by: Christopher Clark <christopher.clark6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > Please use my gmail address for any correspondence to me.
>> 
>> I think it is generally considered bad practice to have From: and S-o-b
>> differ.
>
>Why? That is perfectly fine. Signed-off-by is about copyright of the
>code while From: is about authorship. 


Well, in this particular case Christopher had even asked that communication
to go to the mail address he sent from. How is anyone going to know that if
judging just from the eventual commit in git?

Besides that - how does anyone know whether the two are actually addresses
of the same person?


Jan


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