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

Jani Nikula
2015-10-16T18:57:06Z

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.

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center