On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a committer-community maintained file called Alias.txt. > > This is a private file that requires logon by a committer's SVN credentials > to accessed. The file was recently moved to > <https://id.apache.org/info/MailAlias.txt>. > > This file is where a committer can list all e-mail addresses that they want > to be recognized as aliases for their <committerID>@apache.org e-mail address. > > For example, here is one of the entries for my Apache ID: > > [email protected],[email protected],member=no > > This list is very important for the reliable identification of committers on > the Apache OpenOffice project. Essentially, the initial association of a > committer and their identity is with the e-mail address supplied on the iCLA > submission. The best authentication for an established committer is via > their use of the Apache User Name/ID. However, not everyone is able to send > mail using their @apache.org address in the From: entry. > > Any committer communications using any other e-mail addresses will not be > authenticated as being from them unless the alternative e-mail address is > provided in an Alias.txt entry. (Even then, it involves manual checking of > Alias.txt.) > > When committers are established, I refer new committers to the documentation > about Alias.txt and how to add entries for their own aliases. > > I no longer know what that procedure is or where instructions can be found. > > Can anyone advise me? >
I point new committers to these instructions: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/developer-faqs.html#ive_just_been_voted_in_as_a_committer__what_do_i_need_to_do This then refers to: http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html Oddly, none of them refer to the mailAlias.txt file. How did we learn of it originally when we joined? -Rob > Has any recently-established committer received information about this in > their notification from root@ a.o? > > Is there some list all committers should be subscribed to so that awareness > of such procedures is maintained? > > - Dennis > > > >
