Re: [workflows]RFC: switching "THE REST" in MAINTAINERS away from linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Mark Brown
2023-11-08T16:44:39Z

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On Wed, Nov 08, 2023 at 08:19:46AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2023-11-06 at 11:05 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> > > For this reason, I propose switching the "F: *" entry in MAINTAINERS
> > > ("THE REST") to patches@lists.linux.dev instead. This list differs from LKML
> > > in the following important aspects:

> > As long as it doesn't affect those that have L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

> > All core kernel changes should still go there.

> > (Scheduler, timing, tracing, interrupts, etc)

> If this is done, perhaps half or more of the lkml
> mailing list entries in MAINTAINERS should be removed.

> This grep shows all the section entries with
> L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> most of which seem not "core".

The suggestion wasn't to use LKML exclusively for core changs but rather
to not have LKML added for everything that has a more specific list.

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