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

Wolfram Sang wsa at the-dreams.de
Tue Jun 3 03:23:11 EST 2014


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 06:31:28PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 10:04:07AM +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Ping. http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/288221/
> 
> Yes, I always ping when James gets another patch accepted...

Is this the same issue?

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/344062/

has "Nimrod Andy" as submitter whilst in my inbox it is "Fugang Duan
<B38611 at freescale.com>". The latter name is the correct one and
important since it matches the SoB.

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