[whimsy] branch master updated: Document derivation

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       new  aa91c9b   Document derivation
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commit aa91c9bc96580cb0bfd4c22a30b2701ec4c6561d
Author: Sebb <se...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Mon Jun 27 09:29:18 2016 +0100

    Document derivation
---
 lib/whimsy/asf/person/override-dates.rb | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/whimsy/asf/person/override-dates.rb b/lib/whimsy/asf/person/override-dates.rb
index 4750260..a152b5b 100644
--- a/lib/whimsy/asf/person/override-dates.rb
+++ b/lib/whimsy/asf/person/override-dates.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Corrected creation dates for accounts created before 2009
-# Not accurate for dates prior to 2004
+#
+# Derived from grepping the private mail archives for the account creation notices,
+# once those took on a common format (Subject: [NOTICE] Account created: First Last (uid)). 
+# That means from 7th July 2004 onwards.
+# Not accurate for earlier dates.
+#
+# For those with a date currently in ldap of 20090519,
+# but no notice email found in private email searching,
+# a "more likely" default of 20040701 dummy value is set in the override file.
+#
+# TODO fix the default dates
 #
 # See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIMSY-63
 

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