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Message-ID: <46C0B8EA.9080405@student.ltu.se>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:02:50 +0200
From: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - MAINTAINERS
Joe Perches wrote:
> It helps when you do the diff the right way.
>
> Describe the new F: pattern
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index d3a0684..0d7f856 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ S: Status, one of the following:
> it has been replaced by a better system and you
> should be using that.
>
> +F: Files and directories with wildcard patterns.
> + A trailing slash includes all files and subdirectory files.
> + F: drivers/net/ all files in and below drivers/net
> + F: drivers/net/* all files in drivers/net, but not below
> + F: */net/* all files in "any top level directory"/net
> + One pattern per line. Multiple F: lines acceptable.
> +
> 3C359 NETWORK DRIVER
> P: Mike Phillips
> M: mikep@...uxtr.net
>
>
Just to be clear, which one is picked with a patch for drivers/net/foo?
Both or the most common one?
SUBSYSTEM1
P: Person 1
F: */net/
SUBSYSTEM2
P: Person 2
F: drivers/net/
Richard "the Perl-illiterate" Knutsson
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