Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback

[Joe Perches]

On 2026-10-20 08:35, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> THE REST matches every file in the tree via "F: *" and "F: */", so
> get_maintainer.pl currently adds linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to every
> patch, regardless of whether the touched files already belong to a
> subsystem with its own mailing list.
>
> Only add THE REST for a file when no other matching section provides a
> mailing list that get_maintainer.pl would actually output. Lists marked
> "subscribers-only" are omitted unless --s is given, and lists marked
> "moderated" are omitted with --no-moderated, so such lists don't count
> as a destination in those cases. Files that match no section, or only
> sections without such a list, still fall back to THE REST, so every
> patch keeps reaching at least one known-public mailing list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I don't disagree that this is useful but v2: no changelog

Perhaps there's a simpler and more generic mechanism.  I'll play with it 
for a couple days.