linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 8/8] MAINTAINERS: perf: Add pattern that matches ppc perf to the perf entry.

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Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:42:04 +0100
From:   Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 8/8] MAINTAINERS: perf: Add pattern that matches ppc
 perf to the perf entry.

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 06:31:57PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 07:42:03AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2020-03-20 at 14:42 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 12:23:38PM +0100, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 12:33:50PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 11:20:19AM +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > > > > > While at it also simplify the existing perf patterns.
> > > > > And still missed fixes from parse-maintainers.pl.
> > > > 
> > > > Oh, that script UX is truly ingenious.
> > > 
> > > You have at least two options, their combinations, etc:
> > >  - complain to the author :-)
> > >  - send a patch :-)
> > 
> > Recently:
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4d5291fa3fb4962b1fa55e8fd9ef421ef0c1b1e5.camel@perches.com/
> 
> But why?
> 
> Shouldn't we rather run MAINTAINERS clean up once and require people to use
> parse-maintainers.pl for good?

That cleanup did not happen yet, and I am not volunteering for one.
The difference between MAINTAINERS and MAINTAINERS.new is:

 MAINTAINERS | 5510 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 1 file changed, 2755 insertions(+), 2755 deletions(-)

Thanks

Michal