Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765265AbXHNRAt (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:00:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763402AbXHNRAe (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:00:34 -0400 Received: from DSL022.labridge.com ([206.117.136.22]:4665 "EHLO perches.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760732AbXHNRAc (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:00:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl From: Joe Perches To: Rene Herman , git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano Cc: Alan Cox , Arjan van de Ven , Trond Myklebust , Mariusz Kozlowski , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org In-Reply-To: <46C1CFFE.4000001@gmail.com> References: <1186984174.10249.7.camel@localhost> <200708131933.10125.m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> <1187026955.2688.4.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1187037445.6628.98.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <1187054366.2757.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <46C10AA8.3090505@gmail.com> <20070814102033.604c8695@the-village.bc.nu> <46C1CFFE.4000001@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:00:24 -0700 Message-Id: <1187110824.32555.76.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2-2.1mdv2007.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1415 Lines: 43 On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 17:53 +0200, Rene Herman wrote: > It isn't about MODULE_FOO() tags, it is about tagging /source/ files > to help with putting CCs on patch submissals. > If we want to link source file foo.c and the > MAINTAINERS information, we have 3 options: > 1. MAINTAINERS --> foo.c > 2. foo.c --> MAINTAINERS > 3. foo.c <--> some 3rd file <--> MAINTAINERS I added git@vger.kernel.org and Junio Hamano Another possibility is improving git to allow some sort of "declaration of interest" in bits of projects. That would allow options like: o git-format-patch to include CCs o git-commit and git-branch to notify or take some other action etc... It's generic, applies to multiple projects, etc. I don't care which mechanism is used, I just want to be able to CC appropriate people and lists on changes to their areas of interest without wasting time searching all over the place per file changed. The LK MAINTAINERS file is weakly specified, but I'm not a git-geek, nor do I want to be one, so MAINTAINERS was the file I could easiest change with minimal impact to LK sources. The get_maintainer script is trivial, I'm not wedded to it at all. - 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/