linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Drop realname for L: entries

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Date:   Mon, 08 May 2023 08:43:02 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@....com>,
        "james qian wang (Arm Technology China)" <james.qian.wang@....com>,
        Andra Paraschiv <andraprs@...zon.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Alexandru Vasile <acvasile96@...il.com>,
        Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Drop realname for L: entries

On Mon, 2023-05-08 at 16:41 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The format of L: entries in the MAINTAINERS file are expected to just
> contain the list's email address. get_maintainers doesn't cope well, if
> a realname is specified:
> 
> 	$ scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,komeda.yaml
> 	...
> 	 (open list:ARM KOMEDA DRM-KMS DRIVER)
> 	...
> 
> So drop the realname (and the < >).
> 
> Fixes: ab6911b73493 ("MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer for Arm komeda driver")
> Fixes: 6865788f5ad9 ("MAINTAINERS: Update entries from the Nitro Enclaves section")
> Fixes: 3affaa5a7ca3 ("drm/afbc: Add AFBC modifier usage documentation")
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> who will apply this patch? Joe?

Andrew? Please apply.

I do suspect though that these are non-public mailing lists/exploders
and these would be better as M: entries with names.

> Best regards
> Uwe
> 
>  MAINTAINERS | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 7e0b87d5aa2e..ae1d8e140a67 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ ARM KOMEDA DRM-KMS DRIVER
>  M:	James (Qian) Wang <james.qian.wang@....com>
>  M:	Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@....com>
>  M:	Mihail Atanassov <mihail.atanassov@....com>
> -L:	Mali DP Maintainers <malidp@...s.arm.com>
> +L:	malidp@...s.arm.com
>  S:	Supported
>  T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,komeda.yaml
> @@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ F:	include/uapi/drm/panfrost_drm.h
>  ARM MALI-DP DRM DRIVER
>  M:	Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@....com>
>  M:	Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@....com>
> -L:	Mali DP Maintainers <malidp@...s.arm.com>
> +L:	malidp@...s.arm.com
>  S:	Supported
>  T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,malidp.yaml
> @@ -14825,7 +14825,7 @@ F:	arch/nios2/
>  NITRO ENCLAVES (NE)
>  M:	Alexandru Ciobotaru <alcioa@...zon.com>
>  L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> -L:	The AWS Nitro Enclaves Team <aws-nitro-enclaves-devel@...zon.com>
> +L:	aws-nitro-enclaves-devel@...zon.com
>  S:	Supported
>  W:	https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/nitro-enclaves/
>  F:	Documentation/virt/ne_overview.rst
> 
> base-commit: ac9a78681b921877518763ba0e89202254349d1b