Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: use scripts/get_maintainer.pl on patches

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Apr 28 2022 - 02:14:57 EST


On 28/04/2022 07:42, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On 4/28/22 01:56, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst b/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst
>> index 6bfd60d77d1a..894a920041c6 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst
>> @@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ that the kernel developers have added a script to ease the process:
>> This script will return the current maintainer(s) for a given file or
>> directory when given the "-f" option. If passed a patch on the
>> command line, it will list the maintainers who should probably receive
>> -copies of the patch. There are a number of options regulating how hard
>> -get_maintainer.pl will search for maintainers; please be careful about
>> -using the more aggressive options as you may end up including developers
>> -who have no real interest in the code you are modifying.
>> +copies of the patch. This is the preferred way (unlike "-f" option) to get the
>> +list of people to Cc for your patches. There are a number of options
>> +regulating how hard get_maintainer.pl will search for maintainers; please be
>> +careful about using the more aggressive options as you may end up including
>> +developers who have no real interest in the code you are modifying.
>>
>
> This raises my question: Supposed that I'm ready to send multiple-patch
> series (two or more patches in the series). How can I get maintainers list,
> given such series?

Method is the same, nothing differs. What is inaccurate in my
description above around such case?

Best regards,
Krzysztof