From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754056AbbJPS5G (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:57:06 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([134.134.136.65]:13059 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751401AbbJPS5E (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:57:04 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.17,690,1437462000"; d="scan'208";a="828749836" From: Jani Nikula To: Joe Perches Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add support for using an alternate MAINTAINERS file In-Reply-To: <1445020873.22921.53.camel@perches.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo References: <1444984605-7445-1-git-send-email-jani.nikula@intel.com> <1444985457.22921.12.camel@perches.com> <878u73npjg.fsf@intel.com> <1445012634.22921.34.camel@perches.com> <87r3kumzjm.fsf@intel.com> <1445020873.22921.53.camel@perches.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.20.2+57~gff3a03d (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:56:45 +0300 Message-ID: <87oafymyky.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Joe Perches 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