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Re: 33 unknowns left
- From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr at thyrsus dot com>
- To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:43:33 -0400
- Subject: Re: 33 unknowns left
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Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>:
> > cks = cks <cks>
>
> Chris Smith <csmith@convex.com>
OK, we have a disagreement. Ian thinks this was
cks = Chris Smight <cks@back.convex.com>
> > click = click <click>
>
> Nick Clifton <nickc@cygnus.com>
Oh good, nobody else has IDed him.
> > dennisg = dennisg <dennisg>
>
> Likely the same person as dglattin, Dennis Glatting <dglattin@trirex.com>,
> but no signs of ChangeLog entries for the dennisg commits.
That's Ian's theory as well. With the independent confirmation I'll go with it.
> > erik = erik <erik>
>
> Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
>
> > fp = fp <fp>
>
> Frederic Pierresteguy <F.Pierresteguy@frcl.bull.fr>
>
> > friedman = friedman <friedman>
>
> Noah Friedman <friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
>
> > fx = fx <fx>
>
> Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk>
>
> > hassey = hassey <hassey>
>
> John Hassey <hassey@dg-rtp.dg.com>
>
> > jrv = jrv <jrv>
>
> James Van Artsdalen <james@bigtex.cactus.org>
All in agreement with other sources.
> > jtw = jtw <jtw>
>
> Not clear to me from ChangeLogs / ,v files.
I think Ian and/or Jeff got this one.
> > karl = karl <karl>
>
> Presumably Karl Berry (entirely changes to texinfo.tex, no ChangeLog
> entries).
With that pattern of mods I would be astonished if it were anyone else.
> > moore = moore <moore>
>
> Tim Moore <moore@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Agrees with other sources.
> > rolfh = rolfh <rolfh>
>
> Arne H. Juul <arnej@lise.unit.no>
I still want to know how arne turned into rolf. But I'll take this as
confirmation.
> > thomas = thomas <thomas>
>
> Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
>
> > wood = wood <wood>
>
> Tom Wood <wood@dg-rtp.dg.com>
Agrees with other sources.
> This time (except for fx, which I found through egcs-cvs archives from
> 1998), I grepped the ,v files of the gcc2 repository to find commits and
> cross-referenced with ChangeLogs in GCC 2.8.1 to find log entries at the
> right time. Email addresses are even less likely to be current.
As previously explained, I don't worry so much about stale as I do
about whether they'll match with the same person's old commits in
other repositories.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>