Re: [PATCH v10 1/5] rust: devres: style for imports

["Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Thu Jan 22, 2026 at 3:24 AM CET, John Hubbard wrote:
> Yes, and in particular, there is a mini-trend to include everyone
> from scripts/get_maintainer.pl's output, as a Cc, even on v0 of a
> series, before any discussion. That can bloat the commit log really
> heavily, and people are mildly pushing back against it. I'm glad
> we aren't doing that here.

I think it depends on what you mean with "we". In the end it really depends on
the particular subsystem.

For instance, MM tends to add Cc: tags when a patch is applied for everyone that
patch was sent to before.

Whereas for the subsystems I (co-)maintain it would at least raise eyebrows and
likely result in a kind request asking not to do it.

> Yes. But for smaller discussions, this is effectively a convenient way
> to implement your guideline below, without having to spend too much time
> mentally weighing "which of these replies is from a Real Stakeholder".
>
> So it's reasonable approximate guideline to use in many situations.
> In other words, "not quite systematically" seems about right.

I don't mind using Cc: tags in this paricular way, but it should be noted that
it shifts the semantics of those tags from "those people should really get a
chance to comment before this is merged" to "those people should get a chance to
follow-up given that they have been providing feedback on a previous version".