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

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzjf5xds5xYYYmovVn5Z8dhb=jpBH+j=F2f-dip4siOig@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:57:05 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     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 Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:43 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> As a concept I think individual files would be better.
> But maybe grouping by subsystem instead of by letter.

Yes. Grouped by subsystem would be nice. And maybe we could start with
just a few bigger groups, and split them as people step on each others
toes or it gets annoying.

Of course, the "group by subsystem" has the problem that because it's
to some degree a choice (unlike "group by first letter or first
word"), then people end up having different judgments and you have
duplication of information that then gets out of  sync etc.

                     Linus