Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I'm not suggesting something like fs.ext2@xxxxxxxxxx with something
> like majordomo allowing to add yourself to those,

Why not

> but something less
> extreme in that direction might be worth thinking about...  Hell,
> even simple
> $ finger fs/minix/dir.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> with majordomo-like interface for adding yourself to such lists
> might solve most of those problems...

I think so.

And you would be able to add yourself even if you're merely
interested in something, not a maintainer.

However I think the mailing lists could do better. Duplicate
suppression, among other things.

And they could eventually supersede the subsystem mailing lists
we use today. Just use net@xxxxxxxxxx or drivers.net@xxxxxxxxxxx
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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