Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default

Joe Perches
2010-09-10T09:42:50Z

On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 11:33 +0200, florian@mickler.org wrote:
> The script get_maintainer.pl is a very useful tool for deploying changes
> made to the kernel. Among others it searches not only the MAINTAINERS
> file but also the git history for people to send patches to.\
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> By appending a a note of the reason for the cc in the name, the reason
> becomes clear and the receiving side is relieved from feeling obliged to
> check the patch while the sending side has a chance to adapt the
> cc'list to their liking.

I don't like reading annotated email names myself.

As the coverage of file patterns in MAINTAINERS is
now pretty good, the --git results are less useful.

I'd much rather turn off --git as a default, or change
get_maintainers to add git signers only when there's no
specifically listed maintainer for a particular file.