linux-kernel - get_maintainer.pl and MAINTAINERS file

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Message-ID: <871t4yfbmy.fsf_-_@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 15:57:57 +0300
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
	Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Matt Ranostay <mranostay@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: get_maintainer.pl and MAINTAINERS file

(Changed the subject from "Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] auxdisplay: Introduce ht16k33 driver")

Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl> writes:

>> And 4th, what is with the insane number of people on cc:?  Use
>> get_maintainer.pl correctly please, and don't just hit everyone you
>> can possibly think of with a cc: for no good reason.
>
> I did use the get_maintainer script. I solely passed the patch set as
> command line argument.

I think get_maintainer script should ignore MAINTAINERS file altogether.
After I did drivers/net/wireless reorganisation, and had to make
numerous changes to MAINTAINERS in the process, I have been CCed to all
sorts of patchsets to which I have nothing to do with (this one
included). I suspect get_maintainer.pl is to blame here.

-- 
Kalle Valo