Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: only show lkml as last resort | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:00:42 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 11:33 +0300, Hannu Hartikainen wrote: > The documentation implies that patches should be primarily sent to a > subsystem-specific mailing list [0]. Make get_maintainer only return the > generic linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ("THE REST") list when no other > matching mailing list is found. > > Most patches sent to lkml today are also sent to some other list. This > change should lower the message volume on lkml in the long run, making > the list more useful for those cases where it's the only option. > > [0]: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst: > > You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a > > copy of your patch set. linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org functions as a > > list of last resort, but the volume on that list has caused a number of > > developers to tune it out. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a > > subsystem-specific list; your patch will probably get more attention > > there. > > Signed-off-by: Hannu Hartikainen <hannu@hrtk.in> > --- > > I'm not sure if this is technically the best solution so I'm looking > forward to review comments. But process-wise I think this should be a > good change.
Almost no one reads lkml directly anyway and I rather like that lkml gets all copies.
This allows lore.kernel.org/lkml to have a relatively complete searchable database of all kernel related patch submissions.
Another solution might be an searchable aggregation mechanism at lore, but I believe one currently does not exist.
That _might_ allow a similar search mechanism.
> diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
The proposed patch seems overly complicated.
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