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

[Jonathan Corbet]

Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Explain that, when collecting list of people to Cc the patch,
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl should be used on patches, not on the
> directories.  The behavior is quite different, because with "-f" on
> a directory, the maintainers of individual files will not be shown.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> It seems using the script on patches is not obvious and it already
> caused some misunderstandings.
> ---
>  Documentation/doc-guide/contributing.rst     | 5 +++--
>  Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst      | 9 +++++----
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 7 ++++---
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

I worry about trying to cram every detail into these documents; it's not
as if their length isn't intimidating already.  But I've gone ahead and
applied this, thanks.

jon