Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: only show lkml as last resort

[Joe Perches]

On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 11:33 +0300, Hannu Hartikainen wrote:
> The documentation implies that patches should be primarily sent to a
> subsystem-specific mailing list [0]. Make get_maintainer only return the
> generic linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("THE REST") list when no other
> matching mailing list is found.
> 
> Most patches sent to lkml today are also sent to some other list. This
> change should lower the message volume on lkml in the long run, making
> the list more useful for those cases where it's the only option.
> 
> [0]: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:
> > You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a
> > copy of your patch set. linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx functions as a
> > list of last resort, but the volume on that list has caused a number of
> > developers to tune it out. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a
> > subsystem-specific list; your patch will probably get more attention
> > there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hannu Hartikainen <hannu@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> I'm not sure if this is technically the best solution so I'm looking
> forward to review comments. But process-wise I think this should be a
> good change.

Almost no one reads lkml directly anyway and I rather like that lkml
gets all copies.

This allows lore.kernel.org/lkml to have a relatively complete searchable
database of all kernel related patch submissions.

Another solution might be an searchable aggregation mechanism at lore,
but I believe one currently does not exist.

That _might_ allow a similar search mechanism.

> diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl

The proposed patch seems overly complicated.