Re: [PATCH v2 00/25] Apple M1 SoC platform bring-up

Marc Zyngier
2021-02-15T19:12:42Z

On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:43:59 +0000,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:

> For bigger patchsets, you should combine get_maintainer.pl with sending
> emails so individual patches will go to all role-based entries from
> get_maintainer.pl and to all mailing lists. You can (and sometimes even
> worth to) skip proposals based on git-history.
>
> Then the cover letter which should go to everyone... or most of people
> and linked from individual patches.
>
> For example the easiest I think:
> 1. Put all folks and lists as "Cc:" in cover letter.
> 2. Send everything:
> git send-email --cc-cmd "scripts/get_maintainer.pl --no-git --no-roles --no-rolestats" --to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 0*
>
> Optionally you could add --no-git-fallback to get_maintainer if it
> proposes some irrelevant addresses.
>
> Other way is to send first cover letter and then reference it via
> in-reply-to:
>
> 1. To get everyone for cover letter:
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl --no-multiline --interactive --separator=\'' --to '\' --no-git --no-roles --no-rolestats 00*
>
> 2. git send-email --cc linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ... 0000*
>
> 3. Finally all patches with in-reply-to:
> git send-email --cc-cmd "scripts/get_maintainer.pl --no-git --no-roles --no-rolestats" --to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --no-thread --in-reply-to='foo-bar-xxxxxxx' 000[123456789]-* 00[123456789]*-*

I personally dislike this method as a recipient. Context matters, and
seeing how an isolated patch fits in a bigger series is pretty
important. I can mark the patches I don't care about quicker than you
can say "Don't care", and it saves me having to drag the mbox via lore
and import it.

That's only me, but I suspect I'm not the only one with that
particular flow.

Thanks,

M.

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