linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: correctly parse UTF-8 encoded names in files

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Message-ID: <ttycax5vbxx2lnuzdjrhi7kyaryzzwmz35b4pqs3in2skpanto@nl5fdzlorm5x>
Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:57:47 +0000
From:   Alvin Šipraga <ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Duje Mihanović <duje.mihanovic@...le.hr>,
        Alvin Šipraga <alvin@...s.dk>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: correctly parse UTF-8 encoded names in
 files

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 05:41:59PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 at 17:06, Alvin Šipraga <ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to be a nuisance, but could you please have another look below and
> > reconsider this patch? Otherwise NAK is fine, but I wanted to follow up
> > on this as it solves an actual, albeit minor, issue for people with
> > unusual names when sending and receiving patches.
> 
> The patch seems bogus, because it shouldn't have any "Latin" encoding
> issues at all.
> 
> Opening as utf8 makes sense, but the "Latin" part of the regular
> expressions seem bogus.
> 
> IOW, isn't '\p{L}' the right pattern for a "letter"? Isn't that what
> we actually care about here?

Yes, you have a point, I was being too conservative with the choice of
'\p{Latin}'. I will send a v2 using '\p{L}'.

> 
> Replacing one locale bug with just another locale bug seems pointless.

Thanks for the review!

Kind regards,
Alvin