Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:42:26 +0100 | From | Richard Knutsson <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s) |
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Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > Richard Knutsson wrote: > >> Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> >> >>> Richard Knutsson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Any thoughts on this is very much appreciated (is there any flaws with >>>> this?). >>>> >>>> >>> The thought that crossed my mind was: >>> >>> Why not do the same thing that was done to the "Help"-file. (Before it >>> was superseded by Kconfig). >>> >>> Originaly there was a central Help-file, with all the texts. Then it was >>> split and placed in each sub-dir. And later it was superseded by Kconfig. >>> >>> On the other hand you could skip the intermediate step and just fold the >>> Maintainer-data directly into Kconfig, that way everything is "in one >>> place" and you could place a "Maintainers"-Button next to the >>> "Help"-Button in *config, or just display it alongside the help. >>> >>> And MAYBE that would also lessen the "update-to-date"-problem, as you >>> can just write the MAINTAINERs-data when you create/update the >>> Kconfig-file. Which is a thing that creates much bigger pain when you >>> forget it accidently. ;-) >>> >>> Oh, and it neadly solves the mapping-problem, for at least all >>> kernel-parts that have a Kconfig-option/Sub-Tree. >>> >>> >> I'm all for splitting up the MAINTAINERS! :) >> >> Just, do you have any ideas how to solve the possible multiple of the >> same entries, when handling multiple sub-directories and when many >> different drivers with different maintainers are in the same directory >> and a maintainer have more then one driver? >> > > Handles. > If a Maintainer maintains several subsystems/drivers a "handle" could be > used to references to a handle-list (hello MAINTAINERS) or to the place > where the full-maintainers-entry is placed. > Mm, and maybe store the entry on the shortest-pathway common directory. Then there should be just a few left entries in the current MAINTAINERS. But how to create the handles? * Name (problem with persons with the same name) * E-mail (much to change when they change it) This also make a problem when there is a change of the maintainer, what happens with the entry if there is no maintainer? * Just numbers and increase every new one with one? (quite ugly!) ... and here is the end of my ideas.
Any good ideas? (Really liked the idea to have a "Maintainer"-button next to "Help" in *config)
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