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

Guru Das Srinagesh
2023-08-29T23:18:45Z

On Aug 28 2023 21:45, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/08/2023 21:41, Mark Brown wrote:
> > 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.
>
> True, there can be cases where people pay attention to addresses of
> emails. Just like there are cases where people pay attention to "To/Cc"
> difference.
>
> In my short experience with a few patches sent, no one complained to me
> that I put him/her/they in "To" field of a patch instead of "Cc" (with
> remark to not spamming to much, so imagine I send a patch for regulator
> and DTS). Big, multi-subsystem patchsets are different case and this
> script does not solve it either.

Not sure what you mean by "does not solve it" - what is the problem being
referred to here?

In case of multi-subsystem patches in a series, the commit message of this
patch explains exactly the actions taken.

> Anyway, if it is not ideal for Guru, I wonder how his LKML maintainer
> filters work that it is not ideal? What is exactly not ideal in
> maintainer workflow?

I am not a maintainer - only an individual contributor - and as such, even
though I may get patches on files I've contributed to, I deeply appreciate the
distinction between being Cc-ed in a patch vs To-ed in one. The distinction
being that if I'm in "To:" I ascribe higher priority to it and lesser if I'm in
"Cc:".

If this script is accepted and gains adoption, maintainers like yourself will
only be To-ed in patches that touch files that you're a direct "Maintainer" or
"Reviewer" of. For all other patches in the series you'll be in "Cc:". I
imagine that this can be very useful regardless of the specifics of your
workflow.

Also, lists should just be in "Cc:" - that's just my personal preference, but
one that I'm sure others also share.

Guru Das.