Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback
From: Konstantin Ryabitsev
Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 10:06:23 EST
On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 03:39:53PM +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst currently says:
>
> | linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx should be used by default for all patches, but the
> | volume on that list has caused a number of developers to tune it out. Please
> | do not spam unrelated lists and unrelated people, though.
>
> If the behavior of scripts/get_maintainer.pl is changed, it would be
> good to update this documentation accordingly, possibly by simply
> reverting commit 77167b966b7e ("docs: submitting-patches: clarify the
> role of LKML").
Yes, I'm happy to include this edit in v2.
-K