Hyrum K. Wright wrote: > On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Hyrum K. Wright wrote: [...] > > Given the above, I think it reasonable to update the svn:author > property on the imported revisions to reflect the new ASF usernames > for our committers. [...] > I haven't heard any comments on this one way or another. I'll point > d...@s.t.o to this thread, but if there is no opposition by Nov. 25, I > plan to update the remaining changed usersnames.
Sounds reasonable to me. These are the two of your reasons that convince me: > * Usernames are just pointers back to people. Since psamuelson > doesn't exist in the new repository, it's effectively a dangling > pointer. These dangling references should be fixed, as a step toward > *maintaining* history, not rewriting it. > > * In the future, these dangling usernames could be assigned to > somebody *else* at the ASF, leading to even more confusion. - Julian
