Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Em Thu, 19 May 2016 16:25:45 +0200 > Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > >> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > (Changed the subject from "Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] auxdisplay: Introduce ht16k33 driver") >> > >> > Robin van der Gracht <robin@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > >> >>> And 4th, what is with the insane number of people on cc:? Use >> >>> get_maintainer.pl correctly please, and don't just hit everyone you >> >>> can possibly think of with a cc: for no good reason. >> >> >> >> I did use the get_maintainer script. I solely passed the patch set as >> >> command line argument. >> > >> > I think get_maintainer script should ignore MAINTAINERS file altogether. >> > After I did drivers/net/wireless reorganisation, and had to make >> > numerous changes to MAINTAINERS in the process, I have been CCed to all >> > sorts of patchsets to which I have nothing to do with (this one >> > included). I suspect get_maintainer.pl is to blame here. >> >> Are you sure it is because you are listed as maintainer for specific files? >> If you are maintain something you have to be CC'ed. IIRC I have received patches about i2c and graphics stuff and I have no recollection of ever sending even a single patch to those subsystems, let alone maintaining them. >> It is rather because get_maintainer.pl tries to be smart and uses git to >> find people who have touched a file... >> >> I guess instead you want something like: >> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/538561 > > I guess what Kalle said is that the get_maintainer.pl script should > disable, by default, "--git-blame" behavior for some specific files that > everyone touches like /MAINTAINERS, Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, > /CREDITS, etc, as random people that touch on those files aren't really > interested on being c/c to every change there. Exactly my point, thank you. No need to pollute people's inboxes unnecessary. -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
