linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] MAINTAINERS

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Message-ID: <49D13646.5090000@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:14:46 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] MAINTAINERS - add script and patterns

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:19:21 -0700
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> 
>> Add a script to find the maintainer of an individual
>> file or files in a patch and adds additional patterns
>> to MAINTAINERS.
>>
>> Other information from MAINTAINERS sections can
>> also be generated by file or patch.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> 
> gack, this isn't working out very well.
> 
> Is everyone OK with the concept and execution?  We think this is ready
> and desirable to merge?

I'm for it.

> I think I'd like this to sit in my tree for a while so I can have a
> play with it - I'm a major customer!
> 
> The two problematic patches are the ones which make largish changes to
> the MAINTAINERS file, yes?  One way to handle those is as a two-pass
> thing: I merge and maintain it as much as I can, but as people make
> additional changes and as the fixups get out of hand, the patch will
> end up only being 90% complete.  So we'll need to do a later second
> pass to fix up the stragglers.
> 
> Will that be OK?  Will the tool still work OK is MAITNAINERS is a bit
> wrong?
> 
> Is the tool capable of detecting misformatted MAINTAINERS entries?  If
> so, that would help long-term maintenance a lot.
> 
> I never have seen [patch 2/8] because the linux-foundation mail server
> thinks it's spam.  So if all the above looks OK then please resend
> everything (yet again) to akpm@...nel.org.  If/when the time comes I'll
> send it on to torvalds@...nel.org.  If that person is redirecting his
> kernel.org email to linux-foundation.org then he presumably still
> won't receive it.  We'll work it out at that time ;)


-- 
~Randy
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