From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751903Ab0IJJqo (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:46:44 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:49124 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751650Ab0IJJqn (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:46:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:46:33 +0200 From: Wolfram Sang To: Joe Perches Cc: florian@mickler.org, Andrew Morton , "Stephen Hemminger (role:commit_signer)" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default Message-ID: <20100910094633.GD3865@pengutronix.de> References: <1284111212-10659-1-git-send-email-florian@mickler.org> <1284111767.1783.35.camel@Joe-Laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1284111767.1783.35.camel@Joe-Laptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:6f8:1178:2:221:70ff:fe71:1890 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: w.sang@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > I don't like reading annotated email names myself. >=20 > As the coverage of file patterns in MAINTAINERS is > now pretty good, the --git results are less useful. >=20 > 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 --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | Wolfram Sang | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkyJ/nkACgkQD27XaX1/VRstmACgyMXegFu6uQlsxg75lFPoCkZj ZCcAoJotCZ+ndBidO20roxBm08RSE+e2 =ex9o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU--