linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default

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Message-ID: <20100910094633.GD3865@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:46:33 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	florian@...kler.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Stephen Hemminger (role:commit_signer)" <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by
 default

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 02:42:47AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 11:33 +0200, florian@...kler.org wrote:
> > The script get_maintainer.pl is a very useful tool for deploying changes
> > made to the kernel. Among others it searches not only the MAINTAINERS
> > file but also the git history for people to send patches to.\
> []
> > By appending a  a note of the reason for the cc in the name, the reason
> > becomes clear and the receiving side is relieved from feeling obliged to
> > check the patch  while the sending side has a chance to adapt the
> > cc'list to their liking.
> 
> I don't like reading annotated email names myself.
> 
> As the coverage of file patterns in MAINTAINERS is
> now pretty good, the --git results are less useful.
> 
> I'd much rather turn off --git as a default, or change
> get_maintainers to add git signers only when there's no
> specifically listed maintainer for a particular file.

+1

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