Re: [PATCH 00/20] drop useless LIST_HEAD

Darrick J. Wong
2018-12-29T05:25:39Z

On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 04:40:55PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 11:12:20PM +0100, Tom Psyborg wrote:
> > there was discussion about this just some days ago. CC 4-5 lists is
> > more than enough
> >
>
> I don't know who you were discussing this with...
>
> You should CC the 0th patch to all the mailinglists. That much is a
> clear rule.
>
> For the rest, Julia's position is the more conservative one. I was in
> a conversation in RL and they were like, "CC everyone for all the
> patches". It depends on the context, of course. If the patches are
> dependent on each other then you *have* to CC everyone for everything.

Agreed. Ms. Lawall, sending "Cover letter + all relevant XFS patches"
(as you did) was exactly the right thing for us xfs types. :)

For that matter, we prefer to receive through linux-xfs more patches
than necessary (one can send the entire series if one is unsure) than to
go wanting for more context.

--D

> If we really have other clear rules, then it should be encoded into
> get_maintainer.pl so that it's automatic.
>
> My other question is why do the linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> people feel like they need to be CC'd about every driver??? I always
> remove them from the CC list unless it's an arch/arm issue.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
> PS: Please, no more top posting.