From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:15:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1446138953.2757.176.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151029155258.GB22218@katana>
On Thu, 2015-10-29 at 16:52 +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > + The scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool has a quirk about subdirectories.
> > + If the file pattern is for a directory, then any subdirectories of
> > + the parent directory should also be specified. For instance:
> > + F: drivers/i2c/
> > + F: drivers/i2c/*/
> > + Otherwise, the scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool by default will use
> > + git history to add additional people that have "Signed-off-by:"
> > + style signatures on commits to files in those subdirectories.
>
> I'd be fine with the change. The patch description should probably state
> why fixing the tool is not worth it.
Not worth it vs inappropriate (arch/arm, etc...)
Maybe the wording around "quirk" could be improved or expanded.
Any suggestions?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-29 17:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-29 7:25 [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Wolfram Sang
2015-10-29 14:11 ` Joe Perches
2015-10-29 15:52 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-10-29 17:15 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2015-10-30 11:33 ` Wolfram Sang
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