Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 05/18] MAINTAINERS: Remove unnecessary entries | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:53:39 -0800 |
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On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 11:20 +0000, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 09:41:58PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > > CC'ing lkml is the default and doesn't need separate entries. > I've run into a noticeable number of issues with users not parsing this > convention as expected and sending only direct to maintainer mail for > things that have no list. For the amount of space it saves in the file > I'm not sure it's worth removing such entries.
Yes that's certainly possible, but it's a trade-off given the number of people that would not otherwise CC lkml after seeing some MAINTAINERS entries with L: linux-kernel@vger... and some entries without.
It might also be worthwhile to to update Documentation/SubmittingPatches.
Currently, it says to do what you find inappropriate, direct mails to listed maintainers without cc'ing a list.
It also does not mention scripts/get_maintainer.pl.
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5) Select e-mail destination.
Look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code, and determine if your change applies to a specific subsystem of the kernel, with an assigned maintainer. If so, e-mail that person.
If no maintainer is listed, or the maintainer does not respond, send your patch to the primary Linux kernel developer's mailing list, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. Most kernel developers monitor this e-mail list, and can comment on your changes.
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