linux-kernel - Re: get_maintainers.pl subsystem output

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Message-ID: <CAKXUXMym7Sd28gVxVXj60XS+aoqM4DAtEp2aA7BUUu06YQYufg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:25:37 +0200
From:   Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     "Duda, Sebastian" <sebastian.duda@....de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ralf Ramsauer <ralf.ramsauer@...-regensburg.de>,
        Wolfgang Mauerer <wolfgang.mauerer@...-regensburg.de>
Subject: Re: get_maintainers.pl subsystem output

Hi Joe,

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 1:18 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2019-07-23 at 10:42 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
[...]
> > Joe, would you support and would you accept if we extend
> > get_maintainer.pl to provide output of the status in such a way that
> > the status output can be clearly mapped to the subsystem?
>
> Not really, no.  I don't see much value in your
> request to others.  It seems you are doing some
> academic work rather than actually using it for
> sending patches.
>

Thank you for that indication. It is good to know that our use case is
too special to be covered in the existing tool and serves no one else
besides our research work.

> You are of course welcome to extexd the script
> in whatever manner you need for your own use,
> but even here, I don't believe you need to do
> anything to the script but change how you use it.
>

Okay, I now understood your suggestion how to use it. Sebastian and I
will investigate and discuss this further off-list.

Lukas