From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755864Ab3GCKHm (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:07:42 -0400 Received: from mx-out.ocsa-data.net ([194.36.166.37]:58478 "EHLO mx-out.ocsa-data.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753038Ab3GCKHl (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:07:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:07:40 +0200 From: Yann Droneaud To: Dave Chinner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com, ydroneaud@opteya.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: xfs@oss.sgi.com is a list Organization: OPTEYA Message-ID: User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.2 X-abuse-contact: abuse@ocsa-data.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Le 03.07.2013 11:50, Dave Chinner a écrit : > On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 11:36:39AM +0200, Yann Droneaud wrote: >> Le 03.07.2013 11:24, Dave Chinner a écrit : >> >On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 10:14:41AM +0200, Yann Droneaud wrote: >> >>Le 03.07.2013 08:40, Dave Chinner a écrit : >> >>>On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 05:00:47PM +0200, Yann Droneaud wrote: >> >>>>This patch changes type of xfs@oss.sgi.com >> >>>> >> >>>>The output of ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl is >> >>>>modified to report xfs@oss.sgi.com as a list: >> >>> >> >>>What's the problem with that? All XFS patches and problem >> >>>reports should be sent to the xfs@oss.sgi.com list. There are far >> >>>more people than just the maintainer that can triage problems, >> >>>answer questions and review patches... >> >>> >> >> >> >>It was just disturbing: I was looking for a list for XFS >> >>and found only maintainers. >> > >> >That's what the: >> > >> >L: xfs@oss.sgi.com >> > >> >entry is, yes? >> > >> >> In the output of ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl: >> >> Ben Myers (supporter:XFS FILESYSTEM) >> Alex Elder (supporter:XFS FILESYSTEM) >> xfs@oss.sgi.com (supporter:XFS FILESYSTEM) >> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) > > You're smarter than a dumb script. If the information that the > script parses is correct and the dumb script doesn't give you the > right information, then what needs fixing? > And what about: If you are the only one[*] to abuse ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl, then what needs fixing ? [*] I have found three other examples of duplicating mailing list as maintainer: $ sed -n 's/^L:[[:space:]]*//p' MAINTAINERS | sort | uniq > L $ sed -n 's/^M:[[:space:]]*//p' MAINTAINERS | sort | uniq > M $ comm -12 L M ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org dm-devel@redhat.com xfs@oss.sgi.com I've sent a patch for xfs@oss.sgi.com and dm-devel@redhat.com, in my first pass I've missed ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org > Seriously, all you are proving is the old adage that > scripts/get_maintainer.pl should be considered harmful because > people use it without first engaging their brain. Just thinking about the whole picture. In this case ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl is going to be right most of time except for 3 subsystems on about 1160. So having the same address for maintainer and list is a rather uncommon case. Which could be misleading for most. Regards. -- Yann Droneaud OPTEYA