Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New Developer: Duncan Coutts (dcoutts)

[Tom Martin]

On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 12:53:47AM -0700, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote:
> Tom Martin posted <20050506222301.GA4758@×××××××.net>, excerpted below,
> on Fri, 06 May 2005 23:23:01 +0100:
>
> > I have the pleasure to tell you all about another new developer. His
> > name is Duncan Coutts, and he lives in Oxford
> >
> > Please show Duncan a warm welcome.
>
> Hi, dcoutts.  Another Duncan! =8^)
>
> I'm not a Gentoo dev (yet?), but I /am/ a regular on the list, and use
> "Duncan" both here and on bugzilla as 1i5t5.duncan@×××.net, tho the 1i5t5
> can change when the address starts getting to much spam, and of course
> the domain can change. A namespace clash agreement might be beneficial. <g>
>
> If you have no strong preference, dcoutts would maintain the distinction.
> I have a preference, but you are the developer while I'm just a user, so
> if you prefer "Duncan", I'll look for something else.  (FWIW, Duncan is my
> surname, but "John" is my first name, and I always put it this way..
> There's always too many johns around -- unless you need one. <g>  Thus,
> I've used Duncan both in meatspace and on the net for a number of years.
> Surprisingly, perhaps, just plain "Duncan" has clashed less than John
> Duncan or jduncan did.  Maybe I should now be "Freedomware Duncan"?  <g>)

Hehe, the convention is just to use your full name :) No possible
confusion.

Tom

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