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Re: Patch: FYI: add real name property


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Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> The Eclipse ChangeLog plugin wants to know the user's real name, but,
> strangely, there is no Java system property for this.  I don't see why
> we shouldn't provide this as a GNU extension.  This is both useful and
> safe, as code can easily check for the property's existence at
> runtime.

I strongly suspect it will want to know the email address of
the user as well. :-)

If a plugin can have configurable properties, why not have
the name and the email address the user wants to use for a
given project be properties to be configured by the user for
the plugin for that project?

My 2p.

Ranjit.

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Ranjit Mathew      Email: rmathew AT gmail DOT com

Bangalore, INDIA.    Web: http://rmathew.com/


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