Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add optional .get_maintainer.MAINTAINERS override | From | Prarit Bhargava <> | Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2018 19:29:33 -0400 |
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On 06/26/2018 07:04 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 18:52 -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote: >> >> On 06/26/2018 04:16 PM, Joe Perches wrote: >>> On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 14:25 -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote: >>>> OSes have additional maintainers that should be cc'd on patches or may >>>> want to circulate internal patches. >>>> >>>> Parse the .get_maintainer.MAINTAINERS file. Entries in the file >>>> can begin with a '+' to indicate the email and list entries should be >>>> added to the exiting MAINTAINERS output, or a '-' to indicate that the >>>> entries should override the existing MAINTAINERS file. >>>> >>>> Also add a help entry for the .get_maintainers.ignore file. >>> >>> I see no reason for this patch to be applied. >>> Why should it? >> >> The kernel has other vendor/OS changes like my patch, for example, 4efb442cc12e >> ("kernel/panic.c: add TAINT_AUX"). From that commit message >> >> Add an auxiliary taint flag to be used by distros and others. This >> obviates the need to forward-port whatever internal solutions people >> have in favor of a single flag which they can map arbitrarily to a >> definition of their pleasing. >> >> The same principle should be applied to my patch in that distros no longer would >> need to forward-port internal solutions similar to this. >> >>> Why shouldn't this be in your private repository? >> >> If you don't want it I'll carry it forward but that's a loss for both of us, and >> as pointed out in the above commit, other distros. If you do want to reject the >> patch please let me know and I'll only submit the "get_maintainer.ignore" help >> chunk. > > I doubt it's a really a loss for others as whatever > .get_maintainers.<foo> files would likely need to > be customized for each distro.
That's the point of the patch. Each distro would customize their own internal .get_maintainers.MAINTAINERS file.
In any case, consider it dropped.
P.
> > I think the whole thing should be ignored. >
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