linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] get_maintainer: Prepare for separate MAINTAINERS files

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 11:06:38 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] get_maintainer: Prepare for separate MAINTAINERS files

On 08/02/2017 01:04 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 13:32 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>> Allow for MAINTAINERS to become a directory and if it is,
>> read all the files in the directory for maintained sections.
> 
> ping?

I often use $EDITOR to read or search the MAINTAINERS file.

IMO, the parse-maintainters.pl (sorting) script makes the need for separate
MAINTAINERS files much less important since the file can be "fixed" easily
at any time.


>> Also look for all files named MAINTAINERS in all subdirectories
>> excluding the .git directory.
>>
>> This adds ~.3 seconds of CPU on an Intel i5-6200 with an SSD.
>>
>> Miscellanea:
>>
>> o Create a read_maintainer_file subroutine from the existing code
>> o Test only the existence of MAINTAINERS, not whether it's a file
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
>> ---
>>
>> v2: Search for MAINTAINERS in subdirectories, ignoring .git
>>
>>  scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>>  1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)


-- 
~Randy