linux-kernel - Re: MAINTAINERS: F: file patterns without matches

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Message-ID: <1500663874.14415.32.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:04:34 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS: F: file patterns without matches

On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 10:10 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 07/21/2017 10:02 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > There are a number of file patterns in MAINTAINERS that
> > don't have an actual matching file in the kernel tree.
> > 
> > Some of those are due to renames, some are typos, some
> > are added without a matching file being added at the
> > same time.
> > 
> > There's a pending, might be applied patch to reorder
> > all the sections alphabetically.
> > 
> > Trying to do any corrections to MAINTAINERS today would
> > make that patch and any other renaming not apply properly
> > so I'm not touching MAINTAINERS much until it's settled.
> 
> I don't think that Linus is interested in applying it.  :(

I think he would apply it if it applied without
merge issues.