Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] media: add a subsystem profile documentation

Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-09-26T10:25:55Z

Hi Joe,

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 7:32 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-09-19 at 09:56 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > When I sent a patch, I use get_maintainer.pl then I add whoever the
> > wrote the commit from the Fixes tag. Then I remove Colin King and Kees
> > Cook from the CC list because they worked all over the tree and I know
> > them. I also normally remove LKML if there is another mailing list but
> > at least one subsystem uses LKML for patchwork so this isn't safe.
> >
> > So the safest instructions are "Use get_matainer.pl and add the person
> > who wrote the commit in the Fixes tag".
>
> Maybe add this:
>
> Add the signers of any commit referenced in a "Fixes: <commit>" line
> of a patch description.
>
> ---
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks! I gave it a quick try for my first fix after returning from ER, and it
did the right thing.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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