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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch
	-	scripts/get_maintainer.pl
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:26:41 -0700
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Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
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To: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 13:44 +0200, Rene Herman wrote:
> On 08/15/2007 11:39 AM, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > Note, maintainer contacts
> >   - should be available to patch submitters and
> >   - must be available to *problem reporters*
> > without having to have git and a .git repo.
> That "must" seems rather strong. But those few non-developer users that 
> could care are served by a MAINTAINERS file generated into releases.

Good idea for scripts to help kernel bug reporters.
REPORTING-BUGS is underutilized as a guide.

I think Bug reporting is a separate issue from patch CC'ing.
I'd rather have MAINTAINERS disappear altogether.