Re: indiscriminate get_maintainer.pl usage

[Davide Libenzi]

On Thu, 6 May 2010, Joe Perches wrote:

> There is also the --git-blame option for patches, but blame
> is also only a semi-useful tool, as it could show cleanup patches
> on individual as authors.
> 
> Another option to get_maintainers is --file-emails which looks
> inside a file for email addresses.
> 
> Right now, the default for # of git commits signed to be
> added to the CC list is 1.  It's possible to change the default.
> 
>     --git-min-signatures => number of signatures required (default: 1)
>     --git-max-maintainers => maximum maintainers to add (default: 5)
>     --git-min-percent => minimum percentage of commits required (default: 5)
> 
> Maybe some fine-tuning of the defaults could be useful.
> 
> Suggestions?

(not knowing the get_maintainers internals ...)
Maybe if you weigh each contributor by the amount (in terms of diffstat 
modulo) of changes, you can get more accurate results.
Part of the weight might be related to the time distance (relative to 
current time) since the changeset.


- Davide


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