[libvirt] [PATCH] xenconfig: Remove references to my name and email

[Jim Fehlig]

On 05/08/2018 03:22 AM, David Kiarie wrote:
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> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 2:11 AM, Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com 
> <mailto:jfehlig at suse.com>> wrote:
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>     On 05/07/2018 08:57 AM, David Kiarie wrote:
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>         On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 5:55 PM, David Kiarie <davidkiarie4 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:davidkiarie4 at gmail.com> <mailto:davidkiarie4 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:davidkiarie4 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
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>              On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com
>         <mailto:pkrempa at redhat.com>
>              <mailto:pkrempa at redhat.com <mailto:pkrempa at redhat.com>>> wrote:
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>                  On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 12:17:05 +0300, David Kiarie wrote:
>                  > On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:15 PM, David Kiarie
>         <davidkiarie4 at gmail.com <mailto:davidkiarie4 at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:davidkiarie4 at gmail.com <mailto:davidkiarie4 at gmail.com>>>
>                  > wrote:
>                  >         > > Replace references to my name and email with a
>         pseudonym
>                  > >
>                  >         > Sorry, I just want my real name and email off these
>         files and I keep making
>                  > silly mistakes.
> 
>                  How about just deleting them? We don't really support using
>         pseudonyms.
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> 
>              Why is that ? With a person reason I don't want my name of these
>         files. I
>              wrote the files and it took me a lot of work.
> 
>              I can still prove I wrote this code with the above email if anyone
>         wants me
>              to as I still work as a developer.
> 
> 
>         I initally requested to have my name removed from the files but
>         apparently I hadn't signed off the patch so it was rejected.
> 
> 
>     You could have simply replied to the mail requesting a SOB and one of us
>     would have added it your patch and pushed it.
> 
>         One month later, I figured it might be a bad idea to just give up all
>         the work I had done and opted to keep track of it.
> 
> 
>     I think that is a wise choice, in which case you should leave the authorship
>     as is :-).
> 
> 
> I do have a good reason as to why I would like to remove my name from these 
> files which I will not bother explaining. And I actually do want my name removed 
> from these files.

Understood. We could have pushed the first version of your patch if it had a 
SOB. Presence of a SOB is enforced by a commit hook, so the patch couldn't be 
pushed without it. That wasn't enforced when you were working on the project. 
Apologies for not making that clearer at the beginning of this thread, saving 
everyone some time.

> Removing my name on the other hand means I give up on something which I 
> painstakingly worked on for almost one year.

As Daniel already mentioned, git contains a better history of your 
contributions. Interaction with the project is also recorded in the mail list 
archives.

Regards,
Jim