linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:22:17 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
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        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 04:16:39PM -0700, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote:

> If this script is accepted and gains adoption, maintainers like yourself will
> only be To-ed in patches that touch files that you're a direct "Maintainer" or
> "Reviewer" of. For all other patches in the series you'll be in "Cc:". I
> imagine that this can be very useful regardless of the specifics of your
> workflow.

Given that b4 solves a lot more problems and is getting quite widely
adopted it's probably going to be more effective to look at trying to
get this implemented there.  That might still mean a separate script
that b4 can hook into, but it's probably important that whatever you do
can be used easily with b4.

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