Re: [Qemu-devel] MAINTAINERS leaves too many files uncovered

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> writes:

> Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> In my experience, too many files are not covered by MAINTAINERS.
>> scripts/get_maintainer.pl falls back to git then, unless you say
>> --no-git-fallback.  Copies sent there tends to annoy their recipients
>> without accomplishing all that much.
>>
>> Two obvious improvements:
>>
>> * Easy: Flip scripts/get_maintainer.pl's default to --no-git-fallback.
>>   I'll post the obvious patch, please raise your objections there.
>
> As it happens I do that in my .git/config, but...
>
>> * Harder: improve MAINTAINERS coverage.
>
> Well one problem is no MAINTAINER == no obvious tree to take you
> patches. This is my main bugbear. I have a few patch series that touch a
> smattering of files (e.g. logging improvements) that don't fall under
> one particular sub-system but are probably a little too broad for the
> trivial tree.

I've been there quite a few times.  No easy answers.

>> Where are the unmaintained files?  Top-scoring directories outside
>> tests/ and include/, files in subdirs not counted:
>>
>>     #files   directory
>>     84  68%  .
>
> I suspect there is a bunch of general infrastructure bits that has this
> sort of property. Maybe some effort be made to move related bits into
> sub-directories (with MAINTAINERS) where they are less likely to fall
> in-between the cracks?

No objection to moving stuff to more appropriate homes.  But it's not
necessary for MAINTAINERS coverage.  Just add the necessary F: lines.

> <snip>
>
>> Ideas?  Takers?
>
> My 0.2c ;-)

Thanks!