Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl

From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Date: Aug 15, 2007, 19:37 UTC
Message-ID: <m3fy2kk2ra.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20070814193333.GI21089@ftp.linux.org.uk>

Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> writes:

> I'm not suggesting something like fs.ext2@kernel.org with something
> like majordomo allowing to add yourself to those,

Why not

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> but something less
> extreme in that direction might be worth thinking about...  Hell,
> even simple
> $ finger fs/minix/dir.c@cc.kernel.org
> with majordomo-like interface for adding yourself to such lists
> might solve most of those problems...

I think so.

And you would be able to add yourself even if you're merely interested in something, not a maintainer.

However I think the mailing lists could do better. Duplicate suppression, among other things.

And they could eventually supersede the subsystem mailing lists we use today. Just use net@kernel.org or drivers.net@kernel.org.

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Krzysztof Halasa