Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com>: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Jeff Law <l...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On 08/26/2015 01:31 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > >>> > >>> mib = mib <mib> > > > > Michael Bushnell. Aagain, not active in forever. m...@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu > > probably doesn't work anymore. > > This person (not quite sure how to say this) changed his name to > Thomas Bushnell. His public e-mail address seems to be t...@becket.net. > > Ian
Yes, I know how and why that happened. I've actually had to deal with the resulting confusion in other repositories. :-) The way I cope is by respecting the person's apparent wish to have those considered two separate identities demarcated by a complete reorientation of his life, and leaving "Michael" in place for attributions from before he took vows. This policy has the advantage that I don't have to intrusively edit the record. If Michael/Thomas ever becomes aware of the issue and wants me to edit to Thomas, I assume he'll tell me. Under the circumstances I rather doubt it's high on his list of concerns. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>