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

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Message-Id: <1187116082.32555.122.camel@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:28:02 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
Cc:	git@...r.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>,
	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 Tue, 2007-08-14 at 20:03 +0200, Rene Herman wrote:
> "git info --maintainer drivers/ide/ide-cd.c" or some such would say "Alan 
> Cox <alan@...>".

Perhaps maintainer(s), approver(s), listener(s)?

I think something like this should be a git-goal.
What do the git-wranglers think?

Until a time in the future when a system like that exists,
I suggest keeping MAINTAINERS up-to-date with

F:	pattern

It'll be useful as git-set-maintainer seeds at least.

> sticking  headers on every source file isn't nice anyway --
> it's meta-information and the SCM can maintain it.

It's like looking at $CVS$ keywords.  Unsightly.

cheers,  Joe

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