From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69600C433EF for ; Mon, 9 May 2022 22:13:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231368AbiEIWRU (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2022 18:17:20 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41132 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231272AbiEIWRU (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 May 2022 18:17:20 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 438D5164CA2; Mon, 9 May 2022 15:13:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:3d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E650A732; Mon, 9 May 2022 22:13:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net E650A732 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1652134405; bh=sEMrik7WYGW/7x9Mgr4lGXr3bXEO5dv8oIWWDb5ZT7U=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Up8/me1vktG5QJsMclCUdE9vZdl0x/2/+g6CNBQetQ2CBiF1rzN1Gz94+ri7NEO5p Bqx876vGb44nKwfLqzZAS7pvhV2WJM7Zw+6RH7Ej8amt0yNurkHOKmRwN91q93rhFE +MG6tkkUwFcFUhOPGemNizVgiE47tCAEGKN/bHZhUXMw8oKt6pQR54Ezt9SCM+7nfF JC5Vc86WpgH5gNXxISuAKuVXvtNaZAeE58rHB2gRob/LrB2PTojD2AsnzrpNsm9M08 CopFXlWfLSu172GZKUKRLdBY8g7eZlk7xJhcjVZQkPJc70YEs7OMugjyBn+ldVqTgW IJw2xAYNLLt8w== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Krzysztof Kozlowski , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: use scripts/get_maintainer.pl on patches In-Reply-To: <20220427185645.677039-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> References: <20220427185645.677039-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 16:13:24 -0600 Message-ID: <87ee12cq2j.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Krzysztof Kozlowski writes: > Explain that, when collecting list of people to Cc the patch, > scripts/get_maintainer.pl should be used on patches, not on the > directories. The behavior is quite different, because with "-f" on > a directory, the maintainers of individual files will not be shown. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski > > --- > > It seems using the script on patches is not obvious and it already > caused some misunderstandings. > --- > Documentation/doc-guide/contributing.rst | 5 +++-- > Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst | 9 +++++---- > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 7 ++++--- > 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) I worry about trying to cram every detail into these documents; it's not as if their length isn't intimidating already. But I've gone ahead and applied this, thanks. jon