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On 30/09/2022 15:47, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> I guess all you need would be just a short notice along the lines of:
> 
>      "supporter" in the output from get_maintainer.pl means "maintainer
>      of a supported subsystem".
> 
> No?

Oh and I forgot to say, Krzysztof suggesting listing the entire set of 
those who should be mailed and not confining to maintiners and 
supporters only and TBH I think he was right.

Reviewers, sub arch mailing lists, and in some cases LKML are all required.

We should state that more clearly.

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