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

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Message-ID: <20100927212650.62859ee0@schatten.dmk.lab>
Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:26:50 +0200
From:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by
 default

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:21:24 -0400
Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:

> (I've argued for not even trying, but clearly
> people who have tried to argue for that have lost that battle; enough
> people seem to think it's worth while to make wild guesses even though
> the script is called get_maintainer.pl, and not
> get_maintainer_or_make_wild_stabs_in_the_dark.pl.)
> 
> 						- Ted

Actually, I think get_maintainer_or_make_wild_stabs_in_the_dark.pl is
a better strategy to ensure that a patch doesn't get ignored then
to ... well.. do nothing.
 
> P.S.  Wouldn't it be better to train kernel newbies how to read
> through the output of git log themselves?  I'm not sure that training
> people to rely blindly on dumb scripts is in the end actually going to
> be doing ourselves and the whole community a service.  Sigh....

Yes and no. Reaching out to people is something kernel newbies
need to learn too... 
I'd agree if the end result of get_maintainer.pl would be to send it to
random machines... but we actually give out
addresses of human beings, so I don't think it is _that_ bad an idea. 

But we should definitely try to tune down the annoying part of
it by making it less random and maybe by adding a tag in the cc field...



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