Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756983AbYGDJCQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:02:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753495AbYGDJCB (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:02:01 -0400 Received: from mta23.gyao.ne.jp ([125.63.38.249]:42573 "EHLO mx.gate01.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752859AbYGDJCA (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:02:00 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:59:10 +0900 From: Paul Mundt To: Uwe Kleine-K?nig Cc: Oliver Neukum , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , David Woodhouse Subject: Re: alphabetic ordering of MAINTAINERS Message-ID: <20080704085910.GA9671@linux-sh.org> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Mundt , Uwe Kleine-K?nig , Oliver Neukum , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , David Woodhouse References: <20080704063455.GA13999@digi.com> <200807040852.27809.oliver@neukum.org> <20080704065722.GA22420@digi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080704065722.GA22420@digi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2076 Lines: 39 On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 08:57:22AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote: > Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Am Freitag 04 Juli 2008 08:34:55 schrieb Uwe Kleine-K?nig: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I wanted to add an entry to MAINTAINERS and while doing it I saw that in > > > the corresponding region the alphabetic ordering is broken. Then I > > > inteded to fix that up for a trivial patch. Next was to check the rest > > > of the file and there are so much misorderings that it's not sensible to > > > choose the trivial path anymore as there are currently 114 entries out > > > of order[1]. > > > > What good does alphabetic ordering? You'll grep it anyway. > This is fine for me, too. Then I suggest to remove the section > > Note: For the hard of thinking, this list is meant to remain in alphabetical > order. If you could add yourselves to it in alphabetical order that would be > so much easier [Ed] > > . That's why I posted before spending time on writing a clever script. > I always interpreted this to mean that the _entries_ are alphabetically sorted, not the maintainers under each entry. IIRC, Alan has already cleaned up most of the ordering of the entries through recent patches. Historically the entries with multiple people listed have been in decreasing order. Thus, the primary maintainer for a given entry is listed first, with deputy maintainers following afterwards. Most places where there are co-maintainers, there is still a single person who is the main interface in to mainline, and it makes sense to have them listed first. Re-ordering here would simply lead to confusion, or a lot of "send this to xxx" mail. On the other hand, other entries with co-maintainers tend to be more ad-hoc, so there doesn't seem to really be a good rule in general. NETWORKING and KPROBES demonstrate both cases, as an example. -- 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/