Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753109AbXF3EBL (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:01:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750721AbXF3EBD (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:01:03 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:44912 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750714AbXF3EBB (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:01:01 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:01:23 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Dan Aloni Cc: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: [RFC] automatic CC generation for patch submission Message-ID: <20070630040123.GI6087@stusta.de> References: <20070630023451.GA21593@localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070630023451.GA21593@localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1730 Lines: 50 On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 05:34:51AM +0300, Dan Aloni wrote: >... > Basically, instead of manually figuring out who to add to CC > when sending a patch to LKML by looking at MAINTAINERS, a > script can look at '.maintainers' files spread across the > source tree and automatically generate a proper list of CCs > for a patch. >... > To illustrate: If a patch affects a file under > drivers/net/e1000, the CC script will look at these files > > drivers/net/e1000/.maintainers > drivers/net/.maintainers > drivers/.maintainers > .maintainers > > ... to gather up the mailing list addresses or an individual > maintainer inbox address. >... > Any comments? As Auke said, maintaining the information in MAINTAINERS would be better. And another important use case that shouldn't require much extra work would be to do the same for bug reports. Generally, you should keep in mind that it must fit into the workflow of the people who should use it. E.g. I could imagine that it might make more sense if you write a small tool that takes a patch or a path and outputs email addresses instead of a huge tool that tries to solve too many problems at once and doesn't fit into the workflow of most people. > Dan Aloni cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/