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

Miquel Raynal
2023-11-06T16:29:50Z

Hello Konstantin,

rostedt@goodmis.org wrote on Mon, 6 Nov 2023 11:05:47 -0500:

> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 10:33:21 -0500
> 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)

There are many MAINTAINERS entries without explicit mailing-list which
are not really 'core kernel' areas. If we consider
patches@lists.linux.dev as an archive-only list, then
maybe get_maintainers.pl should somehow fallback to
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org anyway when no list pops-up?

Thanks,
Miquèl