[PATCH] models: Don't munge the 'From' field of patches

Jeremy Kerr jk at ozlabs.org
Tue Oct 1 12:04:07 EST 2013


Hi Doug,

> Sounds reasonable to me, except I'd modify it to say that we don't
> update the Person.name field for anyone who has actually ever logged
> into patchwork.  This allows people who care to prevent abuse.  I can
> just imagine someone sending some sort of email with my email address
> and the real name "Captain Dumbohead".  It would update things
> everywhere!  ;)

Yes, good point.

> The above also seems like something I could conceivably tackle, so
> I'll put it on my list and try to get to it in the next few weeks.

Awesome, thanks. Don't forget to use the test infrastructure, I find it
really helpful when developing features like this. Happy to give you a
hand with this if you like.

> -Captain Dumbohead

I can update the patchwork instance on patchwork.ozlabs.org manually, if
you like? :D

Cheers,


Jeremy


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