Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] staging: Convert to using %pOFn instead of device_node.name | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Fri, 14 Sep 2018 04:41:47 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2018-09-13 at 16:26 -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:45 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2018-09-12 at 15:26 -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > > > A problem with MAINTAINERS is there is no way to tell who applies > > > patches for a given path vs. anyone else listed. > > > > try the --scm option > > That kind of helps if the maintainer has listed a tree, but gives > wrong results if not.
If there isn't a tree listed, it's not really maintained.
> And you still have to figure out who owns which > tree. That's not hard, but it's not scriptable.
a get_maintainer scripted loop using --maxdepth=<incrementing_from_1> --scm --m --nor --nol until a result could work.
> IMO, we should reserve 'M:' for maintainers with trees and use 'R:' > driver maintainers. That's redefining M as "maintainer" rather than > "mail patches to". You could still have both for a entry so you can > know who to go bug when your patch hasn't been applied.
IMO, most M: entries in MAINTAINERS are either reviewers or used-once when created and longer active or just vanity.
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