linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: Remove uses of P: for maintainer name

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Message-ID: <CAPcyv4g65_Jxv3GUHsTtH6KmR=AYbx4s+TAC+tLE8YeLNiH8pw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Feb 2020 20:14:13 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: Remove uses of P: for maintainer name

On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 7:23 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> commit 1ca84ed6425f ("MAINTAINERS: Reclaim the P: tag for
> Maintainer Entry Profile") changed the use of the "P:" tag
> from "Person" to "Profile (ie: special subsystem coding styles
> and characteristics)"
>
> Change how get_maintainer.pl parses the "P:" tag to match.

Looks ok to me:

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.william@...el.com>

...although I was not able to trigger any unexpected results running
against drivers/nvdimm/.