linux-kernel - Re: get_maintainer, b4, and CC: stable

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Message-ID: <6dabeab8-d013-40fc-a705-d2d202510549@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 18:21:51 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Kernel.org Tools" <tools@...ux.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: get_maintainer, b4, and CC: stable

On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 09:50:00AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:

> I suspect that either b4 or get_maintainer could see the Fixes tag and
> then suggest to Cc stable for me.

> Should get_maintainer.pl make such recommendations?

People use the Fixes tag all the time for bugs that never made it into a
release...

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