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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

      reply	other threads:[~2015-10-16 18:57 UTC|newest]

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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