On 29.09.22 05:29, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 01:24:59AM +0100, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote: >> The output of get_maintainer.pl doesn't make clear that a supporter is a >> type of maintainer who should be mailed when generating a patch. >> >> In various places in the documentation we make reference to the necessity >> to remember to include the appropriate maintainers when sending your patch >> but, we confusingly don't call out supporters as maintainers in our >> automation utility. >> >> Fix that up now by having get_maintainers.pl print 'maintainer[volunteer]' >> or 'maintainer[supporter]'. > > I really don't think this is correct. Or at least, I don't think it's > consistent with how we've historically understood the S: term in the > MAINTAINERS file. [...] Hmm, yeah, you are right, I didn't think this trough when suggesting "maintainer[volunteer]". @Bryan: sorry for leading your in the wrong direction. Ciao, Thorsten
