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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] anonymous id
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] anonymous id |
Date: |
Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:41:51 +0900 |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.5 (celeriac, linux) |
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Zander <address@hidden> writes:
Thomas> On Thursday 30 October 2003 11:45, Stephen J. Turnbull
Thomas> wrote:
>> >>>>> "Tez" == Tez Kamihira <address@hidden> writes:
>>
Tez> I made a tiny work to get rid of this problem. Using this
Tez> patch, tla makes some random ID just like "Anonyous
Tez> <address@hidden>" where GGGG is so-called GUID or UUID.
Tez> I don't know what kind of influences does it cause in the
Tez> whole tla system. Is it harmful ? harmless ? or stupid idea ?
>> I think this is bad because that ID is silently used in logs.
>> People will set the id and forget it, and then they may end up
>> with an archive full of GoodStuff[tm] with anonymized log
>> messages.
Thomas> CVS has managed using the username for years; if you claim
Thomas> that it is worse then thats a bit strange since I can
Thomas> really alter my ID at each commit. So your claim that a
Thomas> real email would make it better seems a bit strange.
Learn to respond to what you've quoted, and quote what you're
responding to, and then maybe we can talk.
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] anonymous id, Florian Weimer, 2003/10/30
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] anonymous id, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/30
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] anonymous id, Florian Weimer, 2003/10/30