Fwiw, i agree completely, plus suspect (without knowing for certain) that
including a user's IP (and thus, indirectly, location) in the permanent
record _might_ run afoul of privacy laws in some jurisdictions.

----- stephan
Sent from a mobile device, possibly from bed. Please excuse brevity, typos,
and top-posting.

On Dec 18, 2017 10:12, "Jan Nijtmans" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2017-12-18 5:58 GMT+01:00 Ron W:
> > All I'm suggesting is that the information already being put in the
> > "rcvfrom" table (that DRH mentioned) also be saved as tags to the commits
> > they refer to. Therefore, the tags will have the same meaning as the
> entries
> > in the existing "rcvfrom" table.
>
> Well, I don't think this is even possible, neither does it help
> accomplishing
> what you want. Tags can easily forged as well. Another problem: tags, when
> created in one repository will later synchronized to other repositories
> (even back to the original one), so I'm really not sure what the
> value of the information in it really is ..... I wouldn't go this path.
>
> My suggestion would be: try to come up with a patch, which does what
> you suggest. I don't think it would help anything, but feel free to prove
> me wrong!
>
> Thanks!
>       Jan Nijtmans
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