[PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[joe]

Add file pattern to MAINTAINER entry

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e4e1cc3..8395aba 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5153,6 +5153,11 @@ M:	chrisw@sous-sol.org
 L:	virtualization@lists.osdl.org
 L:	xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
 S:	Supported
+F:	arch/i386/xen/
+F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
+F:	drivers/xen/
+F:	include/asm-i386/xen/
+F:	include/xen/
 
 XFS FILESYSTEM
 P:	Silicon Graphics Inc

Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Chris Wright]

* joe@perches.com (joe@perches.com) wrote:
> Add file pattern to MAINTAINER entry
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index e4e1cc3..8395aba 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5153,6 +5153,11 @@ M:	chrisw@sous-sol.org
>  L:	virtualization@lists.osdl.org
>  L:	xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>  S:	Supported
> +F:	arch/i386/xen/
> +F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
> +F:	drivers/xen/
> +F:	include/asm-i386/xen/
> +F:	include/xen/

I think this data will easily become stale.  What is the point again?

Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Randy Dunlap]

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:55:36 -0700 Chris Wright wrote:

> * joe@perches.com (joe@perches.com) wrote:
> > Add file pattern to MAINTAINER entry
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> > 
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index e4e1cc3..8395aba 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -5153,6 +5153,11 @@ M:	chrisw@sous-sol.org
> >  L:	virtualization@lists.osdl.org
> >  L:	xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> >  S:	Supported
> > +F:	arch/i386/xen/
> > +F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
> > +F:	drivers/xen/
> > +F:	include/asm-i386/xen/
> > +F:	include/xen/
> 
> I think this data will easily become stale.  What is the point again?

Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
so what are the alternatives?


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Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Chris Wright]

* Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap@oracle.com) wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:55:36 -0700 Chris Wright wrote:
> > * joe@perches.com (joe@perches.com) wrote:
> > > +F:	arch/i386/xen/
> > > +F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
> > > +F:	drivers/xen/
> > > +F:	include/asm-i386/xen/
> > > +F:	include/xen/
> > 
> > I think this data will easily become stale.  What is the point again?
> 
> Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> so what are the alternatives?

Between git (or gitweb), existing MAINTAINERS and a bit of common
sense (or extra sleuthing), I never perceived a significant problem.
Alternative could be to place info directly in source files.  If not
all of MAINTAINERS info, it could be a tag to reference the relevant
MAINTAINERS entry.

thanks,
-chris

Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Adrian Bunk]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:19:38PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap@oracle.com) wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:55:36 -0700 Chris Wright wrote:
> > > * joe@perches.com (joe@perches.com) wrote:
> > > > +F:	arch/i386/xen/
> > > > +F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
> > > > +F:	drivers/xen/
> > > > +F:	include/asm-i386/xen/
> > > > +F:	include/xen/
> > > 
> > > I think this data will easily become stale.  What is the point again?
> > 
> > Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> > so what are the alternatives?
> 
> Between git (or gitweb), existing MAINTAINERS and a bit of common
> sense (or extra sleuthing), I never perceived a significant problem.

For active kernel developers like you and me it's not a problem.

But for other people it's non-trivial to always figure out who the 
maintainer of some part of the kernel is.

> Alternative could be to place info directly in source files.  If not
> all of MAINTAINERS info, it could be a tag to reference the relevant
> MAINTAINERS entry.

Having the information in MAINTAINERS is what creates the least 
redundancies.

> thanks,
> -chris

cu
Adrian

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       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Valdis.Kletnieks]

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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:10:05 PDT, Randy Dunlap said:

> Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> so what are the alternatives?

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree

and start chasing down 'History' pointers?

(Of course, mentioning that in Documentation/somewhere would be a good start)

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Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Adrian Bunk]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 03:22:59PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:10:05 PDT, Randy Dunlap said:
> 
> > Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> > so what are the alternatives?
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree
> 
> and start chasing down 'History' pointers?
>...

And that brings you what?

cu
Adrian

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Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Valdis.Kletnieks]

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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:13:24 +0200, Adrian Bunk said:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 03:22:59PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:10:05 PDT, Randy Dunlap said:
> > 
> > > Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> > > so what are the alternatives?
> > 
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree
> > 
> > and start chasing down 'History' pointers?
> >...
> 
> And that brings you what?

You got a better alternative to 'git history' or 'git blame' to find who
to cc: regarding a bug, feel free to propose it. ;)

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Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Adrian Bunk]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 04:32:19PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:13:24 +0200, Adrian Bunk said:
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 03:22:59PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:10:05 PDT, Randy Dunlap said:
> > > 
> > > > Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> > > > so what are the alternatives?
> > > 
> > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree
> > > 
> > > and start chasing down 'History' pointers?
> > >...
> > 
> > And that brings you what?
> 
> You got a better alternative to 'git history' or 'git blame' to find who
> to cc: regarding a bug, feel free to propose it. ;)

Joe's patches

cu
Adrian

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Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Alan Cox]

> Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> so what are the alternatives?

Export the recent git history each release into an XML file at known
locations on the kernel web site. Wait for tools to appear

Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Adrian Bunk]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 09:54:50PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> > so what are the alternatives?
> 
> Export the recent git history each release into an XML file at known
> locations on the kernel web site. Wait for tools to appear

How can the git history tell me to send a Cc to netdev@vger.kernel.org?

cu
Adrian

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       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 11:55 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> I think this data will easily become stale.  What is the point again?

Write a patch, notify the appropriate maintainers.