From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=216.40.44.17 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1792511234; b=hm6nDcpdHvoO3VhIuS8O4cX+qlcZC81vIwlmFccO7Y1Vwgi9wv9Yg09XXHN1FcpyWhjl EEQ5KDDdPOAXfYJhUCgOWkYolqKxR/ieu/4vCXKQjQVWg8m2gRw+LRzpgI5VLhPMgtjTg Hug4gNEPM1v7Zf7S942w0qFXJLstA4eLIS05Vi8mJ3Wxf72NPT9TSAeD2lUzZ8q2mdEL9 f1b6z89Ihy+3nWvykqtBfPrMHxaDS+5OfmN6bbdmwJbGSfJxvLHp4jgNXVBUHHGPtbUfa kaK5MzIaY7naTSa3D5SNxdp3r5zRnN9XOTrieKYjYrUGwHS4l8j73ehzgtfZetLUSbg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1792511234; h=DMARC-Filter:Received:Received:MIME-Version:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject: In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID:X-Sender:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Rspamd-Server:X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: X-Stat-Signature:X-Spam-Status:X-Session-Marker:X-Session-ID:X-HE-Tag: X-HE-Meta; bh=tsupAq6qhLg8WJSXIbsSaCVk68CgY4BZHyXeD2ZMBNc=; b=E76OoZy9JXJLt7K+nGXsbxmhyStVBkBxPYBDfkXUdv/eSwDgSAtzBMYoqrMPc/Fd8B+Z TJvPDUj4kjzyLfN6j1zLhrE/FPivHNd9OlNftenq1yxOjIr4O7xWzbsITWX8RaBFjry4n OpwFEm6Q5/WsbK9C2jzjWXGncJ589EUXDOevscrD/+FAHwMH7bAicw3DIYtjnYEJeApGL FuLgKTuWiVPN6UR1m7f1qu7PppdoKABWZ31JLuA5QecDIg6UYf0KA/euLjbAidvScm3wh Ecc5VOUpS/sUDwJWI1pBYYSp/fnP7uvYsKUkXZt6BsNeYJopAgH5IiUWZkIrjlGO1kA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none header.from=perches.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=perches.com; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=216.40.44.17 Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0017.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.17]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46F67606A31E; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:47:13 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org 46F67606A31E Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=perches.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=perches.com Received: from omf19.hostedemail.com (lb01a-stub [10.200.18.249]) by unirelay06.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095DEA7953; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf19.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2CFFA20029; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:47:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:47:01 -0700 From: Joe Perches To: Konstantin Ryabitsev Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, users@kernel.org, Federico Vaga , Akira Yokosawa , Carlos Bilbao , Avadhut Naik , Alex Shi , Yanteng Si , Dongliang Mu , Chen-Yu Yeh , Weijie Yuan , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback In-Reply-To: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-1-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-0-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-1-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> Message-ID: <88c5be32a371b5d73561a82a63426485@perches.com> X-Sender: joe@perches.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout03 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 2CFFA20029 X-Stat-Signature: bz4xqp5u8abfxisp871g1znyofcfmi9u X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX1/6wHbnWvehosGk4WnohLoBoJEcwQg6gF4= X-HE-Tag: 1792511222-306555 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX18z46lUSyMC9X2wSkcGybrf+XXoMvrjgb8sHEHpoPWzP/WnY/jZaiHP4MUYj6ujh8Or8HbklEffRvcOlfVQtxkwnS4kb0KdRvwuGzPwu3eTdEIR+19rjgWPoouLOqoXEVZMUb5CCLA0qXbUGLkI0n7HpmaViAmXAN9somwZvyE2lu55aoXkN7+QPalCNcdLaDGXw5JRkaz++QvFzWReXxIp6IEjL+SB2JYMK8ee2ZWwdcjV6B1xJEfItNuGHpP9Fk4kZcnJq9gxKS3BC6yv2lhsuMNuD1rXkYD8RYuFwv/bIiga85tbzaHbsFuoJLsFXnYtCzLHfk9ul9NsNPfiLF8DwDetcrBuLoA= On 2026-10-20 08:35, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > THE REST matches every file in the tree via "F: *" and "F: */", so > get_maintainer.pl currently adds linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org to every > patch, regardless of whether the touched files already belong to a > subsystem with its own mailing list. > > Only add THE REST for a file when no other matching section provides a > mailing list that get_maintainer.pl would actually output. Lists marked > "subscribers-only" are omitted unless --s is given, and lists marked > "moderated" are omitted with --no-moderated, so such lists don't count > as a destination in those cases. Files that match no section, or only > sections without such a list, still fall back to THE REST, so every > patch keeps reaching at least one known-public mailing list. > > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev > --- I don't disagree that this is useful but v2: no changelog Perhaps there's a simpler and more generic mechanism. I'll play with it for a couple days.