Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 03:03:11PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM Konstantin Ryabitsev
> <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This issue came up during the 2026 Maintainer Summit and the consensus
> > was that "always include linux-kernel for every patch" was never the
> > intent.
> 
> Thanks for communicating this! I had always assumed the opposite,
> based on what I saw happening. Glad it's been settled.

Note, that if we DO want to send all patches to a dedicated mailing list, this
can be accommodated, too -- just not the list with 2100 subscribers (because
it's not working). We have patches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, which was originally set
up as an archive-only dumping ground with no subscribers (by design).

If considered useful, I can update this patch to get us both worlds:

- THE REST actually works as a fallback
- patches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is included on all patches as an archival list

-K