netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: get_maintainer: steer people away from using file paths

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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:59:04 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>, 
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	workflows@...r.kernel.org, mario.limonciello@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: get_maintainer: steer people away from using
 file paths

On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 at 11:48, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> We get at least one fix a week where author adds a Fixes tag
> but somehow magically didn't CC the author of that commit.
> When we ask they usually reply with "but I run get_maintainer -f,
> isn't that what I'm supposed to do?".

Bah. I think you're blaming entirely the wrong people, and the wrong tool.

Your complaint seems to be "we got a fix, it even says what commit it
is fixing, and the tool that the person ran didn't add the right
people automatically".

And my reaction is "I use that tooling, I want it to do exactly what
it does right now, why are you blaming that tool"?

You're already using 'patchwork'. Why don't you instead go "Oh, *that*
tool isn't doing the right thing?"

                  Linus