To: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
       Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>, Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>,
       git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
       Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
       Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
       Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>,
       Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl>, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl
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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:37:45 +0200
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Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> writes:

> I'm not suggesting something like fs.ext2@kernel.org with something
> like majordomo allowing to add yourself to those,

Why not

> but something less
> extreme in that direction might be worth thinking about...  Hell,
> even simple
> $ finger fs/minix/dir.c@cc.kernel.org
> with majordomo-like interface for adding yourself to such lists
> might solve most of those problems...

I think so.

And you would be able to add yourself even if you're merely
interested in something, not a maintainer.

However I think the mailing lists could do better. Duplicate
suppression, among other things.

And they could eventually supersede the subsystem mailing lists
we use today. Just use net@kernel.org or drivers.net@kernel.org.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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