Messages in this thread | | | From | Julian Calaby <> | Date | Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:11:21 +1000 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email) |
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Hi Joe,
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 12:44 +1000, Julian Calaby wrote: >> Hi Joe, > > rehi Julian.
(I always put a salutation on my emails and always finish them with "Thanks," =) )
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > [] >> > get_maintainer.pl also has a rarely used "--file-emails" option to >> > scan for what appears to be email addresses in specific files. >> > >> > $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f --file-emails drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c >> > Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@vmware.com> (maintainer:VMware PVSCSI driver,in file) >> > VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@vmware.com> (maintainer:VMware PVSCSI driver) >> > "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (maintainer:SCSI SUBSYSTEM) >> > "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> (maintainer:SCSI SUBSYSTEM) >> > linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org (open list:VMware PVSCSI driver) >> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) >> > >> > note the "in file" after Arvind's name >> Didn't know this, however my point stands: the maintainer line in the >> file is redundant if we find maintainers through MAINTAINERS or the >> get_maintainer.pl script. > > Yes, I'm not suggesting anything else. Jim's name > should appear in the MAINTAINERS file somewhere. > > The question to me is whether or not Jim Gill is > taking over the maintainership of the entire > VMware PVSCSI driver or just a few files of it.
As I see it, he's taking over maintainership of all of it: it's only files are drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.[ch] AFAIK.
Thanks,
-- Julian Calaby
Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/
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