linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] docs: process: Send patches 'To' maintainers and 'Cc' lists

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Message-ID: <10e68064-42a3-c80e-10cc-079a3cf4eb35@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 4 Jun 2023 21:01:29 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     James Seo <james@...iv.tech>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] docs: process: Send patches 'To' maintainers and 'Cc' lists

On 6/3/23 22:14, James Seo wrote:
> To reduce ambiguity and eliminate this class of potential (albeit
> tangential) issues, prescribe sending patches 'To' maintainers and
> 'Cc' lists. While we're at it, strengthen the recommendation to use
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl to find patch recipients, and move Andrew
> Morton's callout as the maintainer of last resort to the next
> paragraph for better flow.
> 

IMO, To: and Cc: don't have any practical differences between two,
and I usually do vice-versa when sending patches: lists are in To:
and individual maintainers are in Cc:

Thanks.

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