Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: Add text to indicate supporters should be mailed

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 28/09/2022 02:30, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> Recently when submitting a yaml change I found that I had omitted the
> maintainer whose tree the change needed to go through.

Thank you for your patch. There is something to discuss/improve.

> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index be49d8f2601b4..5f97379da41da 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -227,9 +227,11 @@ You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) on any patch
>  to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the
>  source code revision history to see who those maintainers are.  The
>  script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to
> -your patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl).  If you cannot find a
> -maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton
> -(akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) serves as a maintainer of last resort.
> +your patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl).  You should mail
> +everyone who appears as "maintainer" or "supporter" in the
> +scripts/get_maintainer.pl output.  If you cannot find a maintainer for the
> +subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton (akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) serves
> +as a maintainer of last resort.

That's still a bit misleading, because you should also send the patch to
reviewers and mailing lists. :)

Best regards,
Krzysztof