The patch titled MAINTAINERS: mention scripts/get_maintainer.pl in the preface has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is maintainers-mention-scripts-get_maintainerpl-in-the-preface.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: MAINTAINERS: mention scripts/get_maintainer.pl in the preface From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff -puN MAINTAINERS~maintainers-mention-scripts-get_maintainerpl-in-the-preface MAINTAINERS --- a/MAINTAINERS~maintainers-mention-scripts-get_maintainerpl-in-the-preface +++ a/MAINTAINERS @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ trivial patch so apply some common sense (scripts/checkpatch.pl) to catch trival style violations. See Documentation/CodingStyle for guidance here. + PLEASE CC: the maintainers and mailing lists that are generated + by scripts/get_maintainer.pl. The results returned by the + script will be best if you have git installed and are making + your changes in a branch derived from Linus' latest git tree. + See Documentation/SubmittingPatches for details. + PLEASE try to include any credit lines you want added with the patch. It avoids people being missed off by mistake and makes it easier to know who wants adding and who doesn't. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are maintainers-pair-edac-e752x-p-and-m-entries.patch linux-next.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-output-first-field-only-in-mailing-lists-and-after-maintainers.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-better-fix-for-subscriber-only-mailing-lists.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-improve-git-chief-penquins-linus-torvalds-filtering.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-warn-on-missing-git-or-git-repository.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-support-m-lines-with-names-and-multiple-entries-per-m-line.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-better-email-name-quoting.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-support-both-p-m-and-integrated-m-lines.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-dont-print-maintainers-when-not-requested.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-allow-8-bit-characters-in-email-addresses.patch scripts-get_maintainerpl-change-die-to-warn-when-command-line-file-is-not-a-patch.patch maintainers-swap-mismarked-ecrypt-fs-m-and-p-entries.patch maintainers-add-file-patterns-to-the-rest.patch maintainers-update-m32r-file-patterns-after-rename.patch maintainers-mark-alsa-lists-as-moderated.patch maintainers-remove-l-linux-kernel-vgerkernelorg-from-all-but-the-rest.patch maintainers-mention-scripts-get_maintainerpl-in-the-preface.patch maintainers-add-file-pattern-to-cisco-fcoe-hba-driver.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html