linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] get_maintainer.pl: only list maintainers by default

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Date:	Sun, 09 May 2010 10:41:29 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	florian@...kler.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] get_maintainer.pl: only list maintainers by default

Stefan Richter wrote:
> Joe Perches wrote:
>> Supporting stats please.
...
>   $ git log drivers/firewire/ drivers/ieee1394/ |
>     grep -e "Tested-by: " -e "Reported-by: "
> lists 32 people of whom
>   - 0 need to be/ should be included in the address list of a patch
>     submission,
>   - 2 or 3 were active in firewire subsystem development (but not
>     anymore) but were perfectly fine to reach via MAINTAINERS' L: entry

PS:  And when they were still active, they also clearly showed up as
patch authors.

>   - 3 or 2 are still somewhat involved in firewire subsystem
>     development, but only in special application domains, and they are
>     reached via MAINTAINERS' L: entry

Think of mailinglists as a pull model to reach potential reviewers,
whereas personal mail constitute a push model which must be used with a
lot of care --- i.e. when you as a submitter _know_ that these people
are going to want to be directly informed about the patch submission.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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