| From: |
| Justin Stitt <justinstitt-AT-google.com> |
| To: |
| Joe Perches <joe-AT-perches.com> |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH v2 0/2] get_maintainer: add patch-only keyword matching |
| Date: |
| Thu, 28 Sep 2023 04:23:04 +0000 |
| Message-ID: |
| <20230928-get_maintainer_add_d-v2-0-8acb3f394571@google.com> |
| Cc: |
| linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook-AT-chromium.org>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers-AT-google.com>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan-AT-kernel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba-AT-kernel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski-AT-linaro.org>, geert-AT-linux-m68k.org, gregkh-AT-linuxfoundation.org, workflows-AT-vger.kernel.org, mario.limonciello-AT-amd.com, Justin Stitt <justinstitt-AT-google.com> |
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| Article |
This series aims to add "D:" which behaves exactly the same as "K:" but
works only on patch files.
The goal of this is to reduce noise when folks use get_maintainer on
tree files as opposed to patches. "D:" should help maintainers reduce
noise in their inboxes, especially when matching omnipresent
keywords like [1]. In the event of [1] Kees would be to/cc'd from folks
running get_maintainer on _any_ file containing "__counted_by". The
number of these files is rising and I fear for his inbox as his goal, as
I understand it, is to simply monitor the introduction of new
__counted_by annotations to ensure accurate semantics.
Joe mentioned in v1 that perhaps K: should be reworked to only consider
patch files. I wonder, though, if folks are intentionally using the
current behavior of K: and thus would be peeved from a change there. I
see this series as, at the very least, a gentle migration in behavior
which is purely opt-in and at some point could eagerly be merged with
K:.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230925172037.work.853-kees@...
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
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Changes in v2:
- remove bits about non-patch usage being bad (thanks Greg, Kees, et al.)
- remove formatting pass (thanks Joe) (but seriously the formatting is
bad, is there opportunity to get a formatting pass in here at some
point?)
- add some migration from K to D (thanks Kees, Nick)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927-get_maintainer_add_d-v...
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Justin Stitt (2):
get_maintainer: add patch-only keyword-matching
MAINTAINERS: migrate some K to D
MAINTAINERS | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 12 ++++++++++--
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 6465e260f48790807eef06b583b38ca9789b6072
change-id: 20230926-get_maintainer_add_d-07424a814e72
Best regards,
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Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
