linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708132120520.30582@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:21:10 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>
cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch -
 scripts/get_maintainer.pl


On Aug 14 2007 00:02, Satyam Sharma wrote:
>
>Better solution is to have multiple MAINTAINERS files distributed in the
>kernel tree, IMHO -- say a drivers/net/MAINTAINERS for maintainer info on
>all various net drivers, drivers/kvm/MAINTAINERS for KVM maintainer info,
>fs/ext3/MAINTAINERS for ext3 maintainers, fs/MAINTAINERS for generic VFS
>maintainers info, so on and so forth. Of course, these individual
>MAINTAINERS files could still have the newly-introduced "F:" fields as
>well (drivers/net/MAINTAINERS would clearly require it, f.e.) ...

Yes please.

Or perhaps even putting the maintainer into the Kconfig files?


	Jan
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