Re: commmit-list From: lines (was Re: pginstaller - pginst:

Tom Lane wrote:
> Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> writes:
> > I read this message and wanted to reply to someone associated with the
> > installer, unfortunately I can't. The from address (dpage(at)pgfoundry(dot)org)
> > bounces and the committers list isn't who I want to address.
>
> That's been a problem all along with commit messages from the core
> project as well. The From: address emitted by cvs log doesn't have much
> of anything to do with the committer's actual email address. I dunno
> how fixable this is, but it'd sure be nice if it could be fixed.

I wonder if we should just have the "from" be the committers list and
don't even try to get the user name.

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