From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Konstantin Ryabitsev" <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Emily Shaffer" <emilyshaffer@google.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, jrnieder@gmail.com,
jonathantanmy@google.com, steadmon@google.com,
chooglen@google.com, calvinwan@google.com,
workflows@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Why GitGitGadget does not use Sender:, was Re: Review process improvements
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:03:01 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2201101401530.339@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh7b0juk5.fsf@gitster.g>
Hi Junio,
On Wed, 22 Dec 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> writes:
>
> > This would require pretending that we're authorized to send mail from the
> > domain name of the commit author, so this unfortunately won't work (and hence
> > the reason why GGG does it this way). E.g. say you have:
> >
> > From: foo@redhat.com
> > Subject: [PATCH] Fix foo
>
> Would it help to use "Sender:"?
You had suggested that before, and I explained why it does not work in
https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2008241445200.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet/.
The gist is: GMail interferes with your cunning plan.
> When GGG or any other automation are trying to send e-mail on behalf of
> the person shown on "From:", I thought that it is the mechanism for them
> to use to identify themselves.
Ciao,
Dscho
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-10 13:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-16 22:46 Review process improvements Emily Shaffer
2021-12-16 23:22 ` rsbecker
2021-12-17 0:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-17 18:39 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2021-12-20 10:48 ` Christian Couder
2021-12-20 12:29 ` Mark Brown
2021-12-22 3:26 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 13:07 ` Fabian Stelzer
2021-12-22 15:45 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2021-12-22 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-22 21:32 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2022-01-10 13:03 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2022-01-10 17:13 ` Why GitGitGadget does not use Sender:, was " Junio C Hamano
2021-12-23 13:50 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-12-20 11:22 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-20 17:14 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-12-20 21:27 ` João Victor Bonfim
2022-01-05 1:02 ` Emily Shaffer
2022-01-09 3:26 ` João Victor Bonfim
2021-12-21 1:47 ` brian m. carlson
2022-01-05 0:45 ` Emily Shaffer
2022-01-09 8:26 ` Matthias Aßhauer
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