linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:56:13 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:30:39 +0100 Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se> wrote:
> Would like to come with a suggestion I have been wondering about for a 
> while, why not add the config-flag, used in Kconfig/Makefile in the 
> MAINTAINERS-file?

I find that the most practical way to find out who really maintains a
driver is to run git-whatchanged on it and see who has been doing stuff to
it.

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