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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Robin van der Gracht <robin@protonic.nl>
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Subject: get_maintainer.pl and MAINTAINERS file
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(Changed the subject from "Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] auxdisplay: Introduce ht16k33 driver")

Robin van der Gracht <robin@protonic.nl> writes:

>> And 4th, what is with the insane number of people on cc:?  Use
>> get_maintainer.pl correctly please, and don't just hit everyone you
>> can possibly think of with a cc: for no good reason.
>
> I did use the get_maintainer script. I solely passed the patch set as
> command line argument.

I think get_maintainer script should ignore MAINTAINERS file altogether.
After I did drivers/net/wireless reorganisation, and had to make
numerous changes to MAINTAINERS in the process, I have been CCed to all
sorts of patchsets to which I have nothing to do with (this one
included). I suspect get_maintainer.pl is to blame here.

-- 
Kalle Valo