From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add support for using an alternate MAINTAINERS file
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:56:45 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oafymyky.fsf@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1445020873.22921.53.camel@perches.com>
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 21:35 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> Let me get this straight. You're rejecting a trivial patch increasing
>> the usefulness of a simple script to a number of kernel developers not
>> on technical grounds but because in your view the intended use is not
>> good for the community?
>
> Yes.
Thanks for the straight answer.
> I think it's perfectly fine to keep something like this
> out-of-tree in your own repository.
Now that is a relief. I am not sure what I would have done if you'd told
me I can't have it in my own repository either! ;)
Cheers,
Jani.
--
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-16 8:36 [PATCH] get_maintainer: add support for using an alternate MAINTAINERS file Jani Nikula
2015-10-16 8:50 ` Joe Perches
2015-10-16 9:14 ` Jani Nikula
2015-10-16 16:23 ` Joe Perches
2015-10-16 17:37 ` Joe Perches
2015-10-16 18:35 ` Jani Nikula
2015-10-16 18:41 ` Joe Perches
2015-10-16 18:56 ` Jani Nikula [this message]
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