Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add staging/b.a.t.m.a.n

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jun 02 2010 - 16:27:59 EST


On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 13:19 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 13:17:17 -0700 Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 01:08:39PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 11:53 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > The TODO file in this directory clearly states who to copy on patches to
> > > > these files.
> > > Does anyone look at those? ;)
> > Yes, they should.
> > Heck, get_maintainer.pl would have given you the correct people to cc:
> > as well, why not use that?

I know that script.
In fact, I did use it with my preferred options.

> > > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > MAINTAINERS | 8 ++++++++
> > > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index 2652ebc..e25e15a 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -5436,6 +5436,14 @@ L: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > S: Maintained
> > > F: drivers/staging/
> > >
> > > +STAGING B.A.T.M.A.N.
> > > +M: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@xxxxxxxx>
> > > +M: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +M: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> > > +L: b.a.t.m.a.n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > +S: Maintained (one day soon)
> > > +F: drivers/staging/batman-adv/
> >
> > Care to at least cc: the people who you are adding to the file?
> > To not do so is a bit rude, don't you think so?

twas, oversight. Apologies to them.

They're already described in a TODO file as the people to cc,
so I rather doubt they'll mind.

> > I'm not going to take this, sorry.

You're just being you.
Perhaps Andrew will take it.

cheers, Joe


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