Messages in this thread | | | From | Mariusz Kozlowski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl | Date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:07:32 +0200 |
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> > I don't recall discusion about this so here are my 3 cents: > > > > I like the idea. > > I don't actually. It shows a central MAINTAINERS file is the wrong > approach; just that 500+ patches to the same file were needed shows > that. > > The maintainer info should be in the source file itself! That's the only > reasonable way to keep it updated; now I'm all for having it machine > parsable so that tools can use it, but it still really should be in the > code itself, not in some central file that will always just go out of > data, and will be a huge source of needless patch conflicts.
The downside is that a lot of info will get duplicated. It will be more accurate though. I agree either way.
Regards,
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