Hi! IMO we shouldn't have maintainer info mentioned in the source files, since the information is redundant and moreover if we change maintainer a patch touching multiple files would just look odd, and we'd leave a lot of stale info in older kernels. Having the linux git *master* MAINTAINERS file as the authoritative information source for this makes most sense. If there are different maintainers of different parts of a single module we should be able to sort that out internally. Thanks, Thomas On 06/17/2016 05:11 AM, Julian Calaby wrote: > Hi Joe, > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 12:44 +1000, Julian Calaby wrote: >>> Hi Joe, >> rehi Julian. > (I always put a salutation on my emails and always finish them with > "Thanks," =) ) > >>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> [] >>>> get_maintainer.pl also has a rarely used "--file-emails" option to >>>> scan for what appears to be email addresses in specific files. >>>> >>>> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f --file-emails drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c >>>> Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:VMware PVSCSI driver,in file) >>>> VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:VMware PVSCSI driver) >>>> "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:SCSI SUBSYSTEM) >>>> "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:SCSI SUBSYSTEM) >>>> linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:VMware PVSCSI driver) >>>> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list) >>>> >>>> note the "in file" after Arvind's name >>> Didn't know this, however my point stands: the maintainer line in the >>> file is redundant if we find maintainers through MAINTAINERS or the >>> get_maintainer.pl script. >> Yes, I'm not suggesting anything else. Jim's name >> should appear in the MAINTAINERS file somewhere. >> >> The question to me is whether or not Jim Gill is >> taking over the maintainership of the entire >> VMware PVSCSI driver or just a few files of it. > As I see it, he's taking over maintainership of all of it: it's only > files are drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.[ch] AFAIK. > > Thanks, > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
