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From: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: florian@mickler.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Stephen Hemminger (role:commit_signer)" <shemminger@vyatta.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:46:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100910094633.GD3865@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1284111767.1783.35.camel@Joe-Laptop>

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On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 02:42:47AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 11:33 +0200, florian@mickler.org wrote:
> > The script get_maintainer.pl is a very useful tool for deploying changes
> > made to the kernel. Among others it searches not only the MAINTAINERS
> > file but also the git history for people to send patches to.\
> []
> > By appending a  a note of the reason for the cc in the name, the reason
> > becomes clear and the receiving side is relieved from feeling obliged to
> > check the patch  while the sending side has a chance to adapt the
> > cc'list to their liking.
> 
> I don't like reading annotated email names myself.
> 
> As the coverage of file patterns in MAINTAINERS is
> now pretty good, the --git results are less useful.
> 
> I'd much rather turn off --git as a default, or change
> get_maintainers to add git signers only when there's no
> specifically listed maintainer for a particular file.

+1

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Wolfram Sang                |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-10  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-10  9:33 [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default florian
2010-09-10  9:42 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10  9:46   ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2010-09-10  9:53   ` Mark Brown
2010-09-10 10:04     ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10 10:18       ` Mark Brown
2010-09-10 10:47         ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10 11:07           ` Mark Brown
2010-09-11  0:22           ` [PATCH] scripts/get_maintainer.pl: Add --git-blame --rolestats "Authored lines" information Joe Perches
2010-09-11  9:38             ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11  9:52               ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 10:02                 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11 10:22                   ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 19:22                   ` [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Add and describe scripts/get_maintainer.pl Joe Perches
2010-09-11 19:34                     ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11 19:43                     ` [PATCH V2] " Joe Perches
2010-09-12 16:18                       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 11:44         ` [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default Alan Cox
2010-09-10 10:22       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 10:47         ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 21:22     ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10 10:30   ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 11:04     ` Mark Brown
2010-09-10 11:15       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 21:04     ` Andrew Morton
2010-09-10 21:39       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 21:44       ` Joe Perches
2010-09-13  4:01     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2010-09-13  5:21       ` [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Look for .get_maintainer.conf in lk, then $HOME then scripts Joe Perches
2010-09-13  6:13         ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13 13:21         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2010-09-10 11:11   ` [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 15:12     ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11  9:34       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11  0:13   ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-11  0:31     ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11  0:45       ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-11  0:56         ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11  9:28         ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13  7:16           ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-09-13  7:57             ` Joe Perches
2010-09-13  8:54               ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-14 17:19                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-09-14 17:46                   ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-15  3:28                     ` Joe Perches
2010-09-15  4:34                       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-15  4:45                         ` Joe Perches
2010-09-15 12:49                           ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-14 23:15                   ` Joe Perches
2010-09-13  9:01             ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-14 17:24               ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-09-26 18:52 ` RFC: " Joe Perches
2010-09-27 14:57   ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-27 15:44     ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-27 17:00       ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-27 18:21         ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-27 19:26           ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-27 20:08             ` Joe Perches
2010-09-27 20:47               ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-27 21:16                 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-28  4:22                   ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-28  4:37                   ` Mark Brown

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