Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:41:37 +0100 | From | Richard Knutsson <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s) |
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Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > Richard Knutsson wrote: > > >> Any thoughts on this is very much appreciated (is there any flaws with >> this?). >> > > The thought that crossed my mind was: > > Why not do the same thing that was done to the "Help"-file. (Before it > was superseded by Kconfig). > > Originaly there was a central Help-file, with all the texts. Then it was > split and placed in each sub-dir. And later it was superseded by Kconfig. > > On the other hand you could skip the intermediate step and just fold the > Maintainer-data directly into Kconfig, that way everything is "in one > place" and you could place a "Maintainers"-Button next to the > "Help"-Button in *config, or just display it alongside the help. > > And MAYBE that would also lessen the "update-to-date"-problem, as you > can just write the MAINTAINERs-data when you create/update the > Kconfig-file. Which is a thing that creates much bigger pain when you > forget it accidently. ;-) > > Oh, and it neadly solves the mapping-problem, for at least all > kernel-parts that have a Kconfig-option/Sub-Tree. > I'm all for splitting up the MAINTAINERS! :)
Just, do you have any ideas how to solve the possible multiple of the same entries, when handling multiple sub-directories and when many different drivers with different maintainers are in the same directory and a maintainer have more then one driver?
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