Re: [Gnu-arch-users] anonymous id

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "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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