Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained

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On Thu, 2015-10-29 at 16:52 +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > +	   The scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool has a quirk about subdirectories.
> > +	   If the file pattern is for a directory, then any subdirectories of
> > +	   the parent directory should also be specified.  For instance:
> > +		F:	drivers/i2c/
> > +		F:	drivers/i2c/*/
> > +	   Otherwise, the scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool by default will use
> > +	   git history to add additional people that have "Signed-off-by:"
> > +	   style signatures on commits to files in those subdirectories.
> 
> I'd be fine with the change. The patch description should probably state
> why fixing the tool is not worth it.

Not worth it vs inappropriate (arch/arm, etc...)

Maybe the wording around "quirk" could be improved or expanded.

Any suggestions?

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