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From: <es...@th...> - 2017-10-24 21:22:29
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Can any of you identify the following people by email address? laboratoryman = Laboratory Man <lab...@us...> pudh4418 = Unknown User <pud...@us...> dcb314 = Unknown User <dc...@us...> wtf3 = Unknown User <wt...@us...> ceprio = Unknown User <ce...@us...> These addresses appear in ChangeLog files without a human name attached. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> "As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives [only] moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion to your walks." -- Thomas Jefferson, writing to his teenaged nephew. |
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From: Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...> - 2017-10-24 22:20:52
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On 10/24/2017 04:22 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Can any of you identify the following people by email address? > > laboratoryman = Laboratory Man <lab...@us...> > pudh4418 = Unknown User <pud...@us...> > dcb314 = Unknown User <dc...@us...> > wtf3 = Unknown User <wt...@us...> > ceprio = Unknown User <ce...@us...> > > These addresses appear in ChangeLog files without a human name attached. These look like anonymous contributions from the bug and patch trackers. In order: https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/patches/236/ (Creator "No one of consequence" registered as laboratoryman, stick with "Laboratory Man", more superhero-ish) https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/1616/ (There's a name in a comment but I'm not sure it is the original submission, otherwise "pudh4418") https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/1584/ (dcb is Creator, someone's initials most likely, so perhaps "D C B") Can't find wtf3 in sourceforge history https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/patches/731/ ("Ceprio" looks to be someone's name, that should work) Dan |
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From: Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...> - 2017-10-24 22:53:39
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Am 24.10.2017 um 23:22 schrieb Eric S. Raymond: > Can any of you identify the following people by email address? > > laboratoryman = Laboratory Man <lab...@us...> > pudh4418 = Unknown User <pud...@us...> > dcb314 = Unknown User <dc...@us...> > wtf3 = Unknown User <wt...@us...> > ceprio = Unknown User <ce...@us...> > > These addresses appear in ChangeLog files without a human name attached. > wtf3 is, apparently, a typo in the ChangeLog entry. That's supposed to be "wrf3". These are all actual SourceForge user account names, usually from Bugs or Patches trackers, so they are supposed to be reachable, if not directly at those mail addresses, then via their SourceForge accounts pages' "Send Message" feature. But we should pick _one_ of us to contact them that way. Ethan? They have decided not to publish a clear name on those user profile pages, though, so I guess it's safe to assume they won't want one shown in our git log, either. They may have only gotten an SF.net account to post those entries, as for most of the time we had to keep our trackers restricted to logged-in users. SPAM, SPAM, lovely SPAM... |
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From: Ethan A M. <sf...@us...> - 2017-10-24 23:31:12
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On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 3:53:26 PM PDT Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote: > Am 24.10.2017 um 23:22 schrieb Eric S. Raymond: > > Can any of you identify the following people by email address? > > > > laboratoryman = Laboratory Man <lab...@us...> > > pudh4418 = Unknown User <pud...@us...> > > dcb314 = Unknown User <dc...@us...> > > wtf3 = Unknown User <wt...@us...> > > ceprio = Unknown User <ce...@us...> > > > > These addresses appear in ChangeLog files without a human name > > attached. > > wtf3 is, apparently, a typo in the ChangeLog entry. That's supposed to > be "wrf3". > > These are all actual SourceForge user account names, usually from Bugs > or Patches trackers, so they are supposed to be reachable, if not > directly at those mail addresses, then via their SourceForge accounts > pages' "Send Message" feature. But we should pick _one_ of us to > contact them that way. Ethan? I nominate Dan :-) > They have decided not to publish a clear name on those user profile > pages, though, so I guess it's safe to assume they won't want one shown > in our git log, either. They may have only gotten an SF.net account to > post those entries, as for most of the time we had to keep our trackers > restricted to logged-in users. SPAM, SPAM, lovely SPAM... Indeed. But arguably if xxx can be contacted via an sf.net address to ask who they really are, that by itself demonstrates that xx...@us... is a real contact address. If that's what they want to use - let them. Ethan |
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From: Eric S. R. <es...@th...> - 2017-10-24 23:50:57
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Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBB...@t-...>: > But we should pick _one_ of us to contact them that way. I've sent them email. > They have decided not to publish a clear name on those user profile pages, > though, so I guess it's safe to assume they won't want one shown in our git > log, either. I don't think pudh144 or dcb431 are hiding - I was able to identify them with a bit more web searching. Laboratory Man, on the other hand, seems to be trying to stay off the radar. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> My work is funded by the Internet Civil Engineering Institute: https://icei.org Please visit their site and donate: the civilization you save might be your own. |