Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Date | Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:35:01 +0300 | Subject | Re: commit 23cb8490c0d3 ("MAINTAINERS: fix bad file pattern") |
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 5:38 AM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > MAINTAINERS: fix bad file pattern > > Testing 'parse-maintainers' due to the previous commit shows a bad file > pattern for the "TI VPE/CAL DRIVERS" entry in the MAINTAINERS file. > > There's also a lot of mis-ordered entries, but I'm still a bit nervous > about the inevitable and annoying merge problems it would probably cause > to fix them up.
I'm wondering if order depends to current locale. If so, the script should override locale as well.
> > The MAINTAINERS file is one of my least favorite files due to being huge > and centralized, but fixing it is also horribly painful for that reason. > > The identical commit was sent at least twice. > Once directly to you. > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11361131/ > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20200128145828.74161-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com/ > > > About the pain associated to fixing the file: > I think it would be minimally painful to run > > $ ./scripts/parse-maintainers.pl --input=MAINTAINERS --output=MAINTAINERS --order > > Immediately before an -rc1 is released. > > Relatively few of any pending patches to MAINTAINERS > in -next would be impacted and there would be better > consistency in the silly file. > >
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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