On Thu, 2018-09-13 at 16:26 -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:45 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
