Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932213AbcDLFbp (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2016 01:31:45 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f43.google.com ([209.85.220.43]:34413 "EHLO mail-pa0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932168AbcDLFbm (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2016 01:31:42 -0400 Message-ID: <570C882E.1060109@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:01:26 +0530 From: Sudip Mukherjee User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wols Lists , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alasdair Kergon , Mike Snitzer , Shaohua Li , dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Joe Perches Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: correct entry for LVM References: <1460388039-20282-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> <20160411155147.GB9288@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> <570BCD85.6090807@gmail.com> <20160411162306.GC9288@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> <570BD354.2000100@gmail.com> <570BF1DB.1040700@youngman.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <570BF1DB.1040700@youngman.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2175 Lines: 57 On Tuesday 12 April 2016 12:20 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > On 11/04/16 17:39, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: >> On Monday 11 April 2016 09:53 PM, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 09:45:01PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: >>>> L stands for "Mailing list that is relevant to this area", and this is a >>>> mailing list. :) >>> >>> Your proposed patch isn't changing the L entry, so this is of no >>> relevance. >> >> Sorry, I am not understanding. >> >> The current entry in MAINTAINERS is: >> DEVICE-MAPPER (LVM) >> M: Alasdair Kergon >> M: Mike Snitzer >> M: dm-devel@redhat.com >> L: dm-devel@redhat.com >> ... >> >> So my patch just removed the line : "M: dm-devel@redhat.com" >> >> So now the entry becomes : >> DEVICE-MAPPER (LVM) >> M: Alasdair Kergon >> M: Mike Snitzer >> L: dm-devel@redhat.com >> ... >> >> So, now it correctly shows dm-devel@redhat.com as a mailing list which >> should have cc to all the patches related to LVM. >> >> Or am I understanding this wrong? > > Yes. Because (I guess M stands for maintainer) this list has maintainer > status. As all patches should be sent to the maintainers therefore all > patches should be sent to this list. > > The same person can appear twice in a phone book, once under their name > and once under their job title. This is exactly the same situation - > this list should appear once as a list to tell people that it's a list, > AND ALSO as a maintainer to tell people that patches must be sent to the > list. > > I guess English is not your first language, but the important point is > that M and L are not mutually exclusive. Don't worry, English is my first language. Have you tried with getmaintainer.pl and seen the result? It only shows dm-devel@redhat.com as a Maintainer and not as a list. (I noticed because I was sending a patch, and hence this patch again). But I believe a mailing list can not be a Maintainer ( have you seen any patch with a Signed-off-by: from a mailing list? ). Anyway, I think this thread has become too long for an unimportant patch. regards sudip