Re: Commit emails to -committers

On 19.08.21 21:59, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> One thing I don't like is the proposed From:. Setting things that way
>> sometimes causes people's MUAs to record the given address to the
>> person's name -- and I'm sure both parties would be upset if they sent
>> email to Stephen Frost and it ended up delivered to
>> noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org(dot)
>>
>> The pgsql-bugs and pgsql-docs forms both use some placeholder text:
>> From: PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>> From: PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>>
>> So I suggest that the From should have some other text, not the
>> unadorned person's name. It doesn't have to be something as impersonal
>> as what we use for the forms; maybe we can just prefix it:
>>
>> From: Committer Stephen Frost <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>> or
>> From: Committer Bot - on behalf of Stephen Frost <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>
> Hm, sure, either of those sounds good to me. I'd be inclined a bit more
> towards the former so that it doesn't take up as much room.

I have gotten email from

Stephen Frost <notifications(at)github(dot)com>

so it seems it's accepted in other parts to do it this way.