Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:47:01 -0700 |
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On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 12:22 +0200, Florian Mickler wrote: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:04:26 -0700 > Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > One possible improvement that get_maintainers could > > add is to [optionally] CC the author of the first > > commit when there's no listed maintainer. > I don't think the first commit has any special significance > in general.
It does depend on the age of the first commit.
The author of the first commit is most frequently the primary file author and also a current maintainer or a still significantly interested party.
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