linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add optional .get

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:11:58 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:     Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jtoppins@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add optional
 .get_maintainer.MAINTAINERS override

On Fri, 2018-07-13 at 14:51 -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 03:14:28PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 15:09 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 17:58 -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> > > > We have an internal use case of multiple MAINTAINER files, some folks have
> > > > more rights to patches than others so they are not allowed to be cc'd (think
> > > > embargoed stuff).
> > 
> > How about:
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> You are probably busy with stuff, but wanted to softly poke you to see what
> is going on with this patch and if there is anything we can help with?

Hey Don.  No worries.

Tell me again if the --find-maintainer-files=<path or file> should
be exclusive or should it also read any existing MAINTAINERS file?

What if anything is wrong with what I suggested?

cheers, Joe