Re: Commit emails to -committers - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Commit emails to -committers
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Msg-id 401e76ce-1495-3396-5f5f-049debaedabd@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: Commit emails to -committers  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: Commit emails to -committers  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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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@postgresql.org.
>>
>> The pgsql-bugs and pgsql-docs forms both use some placeholder text:
>>   From: PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>
>>   From: PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.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@postgresql.org>
>> or
>>   From: Committer Bot - on behalf of Stephen Frost <noreply@postgresql.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@github.com>

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



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