Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

Mark Brown
2023-08-28T19:42:22Z

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On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 07:59:54PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/08/2023 19:56, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote:

> > Your function adds mailing lists also in "To:" which is not ideal, in my view.
> > You've mentioned before that To or Cc doesn't matter [1] which I disagree
> > with: it doesn't matter, why does Cc exist as a concept at all?

> To/Cc does not matter when sending new patch, because maintainers know
> they are maintainers of which parts. I know what I handle.

That might be true for you (and also is for me) but I know there are
people who pay attention to if they're in the To: for various reasons, I
gather it's mostly about triaging their emails and is especially likely
in cases where trees have overlaps in the code they cover.

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