Re: get_maintainer.pl and MAINTAINERS file

[Jiri Slaby]

Cc: joe

On 05/19/2016, 02:57 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> (Changed the subject from "Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] auxdisplay: Introduce ht16k33 driver")
> 
> Robin van der Gracht <robin@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>>> And 4th, what is with the insane number of people on cc:?  Use
>>> get_maintainer.pl correctly please, and don't just hit everyone you
>>> can possibly think of with a cc: for no good reason.
>>
>> I did use the get_maintainer script. I solely passed the patch set as
>> command line argument.
> 
> I think get_maintainer script should ignore MAINTAINERS file altogether.
> After I did drivers/net/wireless reorganisation, and had to make
> numerous changes to MAINTAINERS in the process, I have been CCed to all
> sorts of patchsets to which I have nothing to do with (this one
> included). I suspect get_maintainer.pl is to blame here.

Last time I even tried to fix this up, but failed due to time
limitations as the code is a bit complex.

Joe, you seem to be the one who touched the script many times recently.
May we ask you to fix this up?

thanks,
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js
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