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

[Joe Perches]

On 2026-10-20 08:52, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 08:47:01AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> It's like to convey the sense of urgency -- with the amount of patches,
> automated reviews, and follow-ups being sent daily, having all of them 
> land on
> LKML and delivered to 2000+ subscribers... is not sustainable. At this 
> point,
> I'm very close to outright banning subscriptions from gmail, outlook 
> and yahoo
> addresses. Not sending every single patch to the LKML is a better way 
> to deal
> with this.

No worries.
Apply it and I might deal with later.