On 09/04/2013 01:53 AM, Alok Kataria wrote: > Hey, > > This change adds an entry to the maintainers file to explicitly state > that any changes to vmware.c should be sent to the authors of the file > as well. > > If you are thinking why do this now, off late we have seen quite a few > changes that touched the "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c" file but were > not directed to me, someone else made me aware of those changes. It > could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs "Alok > Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl, but adding this entry in > MAINTAINERS should solve the problem at hand. For one of the changes > [1], I did verify that get_maintainer.pl, now expectedly includes me in > the cc list. > > Thanks, > Alok > That is indeed what the maintainers file is for. > Add an entry in MAINTAINERS file to reflect the authors of a file. No, it reflects the *maintainer(s)* of a file. -hpa _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
