Re: [PATCH 13/43] MAINTAINERS: fix git URL for EDAC

Borislav Petkov
2015-12-18T12:08:09Z

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 07:55:39PM +0800, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> That's all right for humans, however there are also in-tree and
> out-of-tree scripts that parse the MAINTAINERS file and depend on
> the current format.

Hmm, it doesn't say that in the T: description - I thought it was for
humans only. Besides, scripts can parse stuff in brackets too.

> So isn't it better to change the several lines for EDAC than to
> convert hundreds of lines to the new format, plus converting the
> related scripts?

Not better - easier. I'm pointing out that this scheme is suboptimal.
Someone might read it and decide to fix it, who knows. :)

Thanks.

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