linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3] docs-rst: user: add MAINTAINERS

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Message-Id: <DBE4DBFF-0F1B-4178-A394-11F74894985A@darmarit.de>
Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:26:50 +0200
From:   Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3] docs-rst: user: add MAINTAINERS


Am 23.09.2016 um 17:35 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>:

> Em Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:15:01 -0600
> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> escreveu:


>> I'm not sure I see the value of including it in
>> the docs?  What am I missing here?
> 
> It is part of the REPORTING-BUGS procedure to check MAINTAINERS and
> find to what ML the bug should be reported:
> 	https://mchehab.fedorapeople.org/user/REPORTING-BUGS.html#how-to-report-linux-kernel-bugs
> 
> I _suspect_ that the vast majority of Linux users don't read the
> MAINTAINERS file, but, instead, just google at the net for an answer
> to their troubles.
> 
> By having it on an html file, together with other user's documentation, 
> the payoff is that more people should do the right thing when seeking for 
> bug resolutions at the right mailing lists or when reporting bugs,
> ultimately helping to improve the Kernel quality.
> 

my 2cent: and whats about a simple link into the repo?

* http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/MAINTAINERS#n123

with a hint on using scripts/get_maintainer.pl ...

-- Markus --