Messages in this thread | | | From | Grant Likely <> | Date | Sat, 23 May 2009 22:51:24 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 16/18] MAINTAINERS - Remove L: from all but "THE REST" |
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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 22:28 -0600, Grant Likely wrote: >> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: >> > On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 21:18 -0600, Grant Likely wrote: >> >> Really? That makes the assumption that lack of an "L:" tag is >> >> equivalent to an "L:linux-kernel" tag, which IMNSHO I don't believe is >> >> true. >> > Documentation/SubmittingPatches >> > 6) Select your CC (e-mail carbon copy) list. >> > Unless you have a reason NOT to do so, CC linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. >> Is that actually true in practice? At least on linuxppc-dev, very few >> patches are cc'd to lkml. I don't remember ever being prompted to cc >> lkml on all patches, and I haven't been prompting others to do so. > > Hi Grant. > > I think cc:ing lkml should be the default for patches.
Do subsystem maintainers think so? Unless they do (and tell others so), I don't think it will actually happen. Until that point, I don't think the L:linux-kernel lines should be removed.
> Having a few selected sections have lkml entries > might make people think that a section that doesn't > specifically mention lkml therefore wouldn't need to > a cc: to lkml. > > Perhaps MAINTAINERS should mention that its preface > as well as having it in Documentation/SubmittingPatches?
-- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. -- 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/
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