linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default

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Date:	Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:47:01 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by
 default

On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 12:22 +0200, Florian Mickler wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:04:26 -0700
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > One possible improvement that get_maintainers could
> > add is to [optionally] CC the author of the first
> > commit when there's no listed maintainer.
> I don't think the first commit has any special significance 
> in general. 

It does depend on the age of the first commit.

The author of the first commit is most frequently
the primary file author and also a current maintainer
or a still significantly interested party.

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