linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v4] MAINTAINERS: fix lots of alphabetic ordering

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:50:02 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v4] MAINTAINERS: fix lots of alphabetic ordering

On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 11:03 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Same general concept, but then an expectation would be
> > relative paths for filename patterns.
> 
> No, I actually think we really should require the filename patterns to
> be absolute, even if the MAINTAINERS file might be deep in the
> hierarchy.

So do I but I bet dollars to doughnuts it happens
because expectations are what people assume so use too.

> So file patterns absolutely would need to remain relative to the top
> of the repository, not to the location of the MAINTAINERS file.

yup.