From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755121AbYJ3Wnw (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:43:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753125AbYJ3Wnp (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:43:45 -0400 Received: from Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc ([85.10.199.196]:41801 "EHLO Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751421AbYJ3Wno (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:43:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:43:31 +0100 From: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= To: Pavel Machek Cc: Andrew Morton , Joe Perches , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, randy.dunlap@oracle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add scripts/get_maintainer.pl Message-ID: <20081030224331.GA30814@strlen.de> References: <1224803366-6478-1-git-send-email-joe@perches.com> <20081027155254.a710c779.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20081030104136.GB32389@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081030104136.GB32389@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 * 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