linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add support for using an alternate MAINTAINERS file

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Message-ID: <87oafymyky.fsf@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:56:45 +0300
From:	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add support for using an alternate MAINTAINERS file

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 21:35 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> Let me get this straight. You're rejecting a trivial patch increasing
>> the usefulness of a simple script to a number of kernel developers not
>> on technical grounds but because in your view the intended use is not
>> good for the community?
>
> Yes.

Thanks for the straight answer.

> I think it's perfectly fine to keep something like this
> out-of-tree in your own repository.

Now that is a relief. I am not sure what I would have done if you'd told
me I can't have it in my own repository either! ;)


Cheers,
Jani.

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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