linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of todo list, add RCU todo list

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Message-ID: <20100901110214.427bfdc3@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:02:14 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	"ksummit-2010-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<ksummit-2010-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add U: for URL of
 todo list, add RCU todo list

> If I just downloaded a big tar ball and started trolling randomly
> through the source how am I going to know what the MAINTAINERS file is?

Probably because you started with Documentation/* which explains it in
SubmittingPatches for one ?

> I just think that hoping a newbie is going to naturally know MAINTAINERS
> isn't the best.

If they can't find the MAINTAINERS file in the top level directory, and
haven't read SubmittingPatches either then maybe that's not a complete
disaster at that point ?
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