[Numpy-discussion] Technicalities of the SVN -> GIT transition

[Pauli Virtanen]

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:28:52 -0700, Matthew Brett wrote:
>>> I think it should be opt-in.  How would opt-out work?  Would someone
>>> create new accounts for all the contributors and then give them
>>> access?
>>
>> Just to be clear, this has nothing to do with accounts on github, or
>> any registered thing. This is *only* about username/email as recognized
>> by git itself (as recorded in the commit objects).
> 
> Actually - isn't it better if people do give you their github username /
> email combo - assuming that's the easiest combo to work with later?

I think the Github user name is not really needed here, as what goes into 
the history is the Git ID: name + email address.

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Pauli Virtanen