Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add support for using an alternate MAINTAINERS file

Joe Perches
2015-10-16T08:51:05Z

On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 11:36 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> There are large and/or complex subsystems/drivers that have domain
> experts that should review patches in their domain. One such example is
> drm/i915. We'd like to be able to document this in a way that can be
> automatically queried for each patch, so people know who to ping for
> reviews. This is what get_maintainer.pl already solves.
>
> However, documenting all of this in the main kernel MAINTAINERS file is
> just too much noise, and potentially confusing for community
> contributors. Add support for specifying and using an alternate
> MAINTAINERS file with --maintainers option.

Is this really useful for the community at large?

This seems like something that might be useful for an
organization but not others.

Why is specifying whatever is necessary in the existing
MAINTAINERS file noisy or confusing?