linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the msm tree with the arm tree

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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:35:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
Cc:	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@...onical.com>,
	Jeff Ohlstein <johlstei@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the msm tree with the arm tree

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Daniel Walker wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 22:58 +0100, Russell King wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 02:29:22PM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > > That's why we have get_maintainer.pl, it adds in all the CC's
> > > automatically ..
> > 
> > $ git diff-tree -u 861bd81ee62a0d6759144c22909a8a3938951656 | scripts/get_maintainer.pl |wc 
> >     209     624    8021
> > 
> > 209 recipients / 8K of To:/CC: is reasonable?
> 
> 
> The answer is not "The tool doesn't work like I want, so screw it." If
> the tool doesn't work like we want, then we need to fix the tool not
> just walk away. Not to mention that the people involved in making these
> patches should still be CC'ing people even if this tool is just helping
> them out instead of actually doing it for them.
> 
> What it's showing you is anyone that's ever modified those files.. You
> just need the people who maintain the files.
> 
> how about this,
> 
> git show 08a610d9ef5394525b0328da0162d7b58c982cc4 | ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl | wc
>      58     163    2169
> 
> That's the patch we're actually discussing too. It's about one CC per
> file modified.

What is a mailing list for, then?  Why are you subscribed?

Please get real or get away.


Nicolas
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