linux-kernel - Re: request: run scripts/parse-maintainers.pl just before every -rc1

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjq68jF+fcSJYpRT3yS+=oOxaEFtYVmSjKb0RLbo7+JWw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:00:15 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: request: run scripts/parse-maintainers.pl just before every -rc1

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 3:47 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> It seems the last major reordering of the MAINTAINERS file
> did not create many issues for downstream branches.

Honestly, it doesn't seem to create a lot of upsides either.

If this is going to be a "let's re-sort every merge window" issue,
then it's more work than just ignoring the sorting is.

Pointless extra work is still pointless extra work.

            Linus