Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add scripts/get_maintainer.pl

["Uwe Kleine-König" <ukleinek@strlen.de>]

Hello,

> > Also, this:
> > 
> >  MAINTAINERS | 1096 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 1094 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > isn't practical for me or Stephen to carry, I'm afraid.  That's
> > probably the most-patched file in the kernel.  This will need to be a
> > direct you->Linus thing.
> > 
> > I think the feature is sorely needed and will prove useful.
> 
> Would you be willing to merge the scripts etc, leaving only
> MAINTAINERS file for direct merge with Linus, preferably at the -rc5
> or something?
I still think that the source files should (additionally) be parsed
somehow, too.  Something like

	/*
	 * TOPIC
	 * P: A. U. Thor <author@examp.l.e>
	 * M: lkml@kernel.org
	 */

at the beginning of a file.  The advantage is that MAINTAINERS doesn't
need to have an entry for each driver and so the F: field cannot become
inconsistent and the author doesn't need to bother getting the entry
into MAINTAINERS---just the driver file is enough.
 
Best regards
Uwe