Add Maintainer for MAINTAINERS file for us
PATCH 1/1 Add Maintainer for MAINTAINERS file for us
From: Harry Wei <[email protected]>
As our kernel is bigger and bigger, maintainers are more and more. Maintainers add themselves into the MAINTAINERS file, which may add without alphabetical order. This may be harmful to our management. I'd like to maintain this file for us. The patch is below.
--- MAINTAINERS | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
MAINTAINERS +2 -0
@@ -2197,10 +2197,12 @@ F: drivers/acpi/dock.c DOCUMENTATION M: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> +M: Harry Wei <[email protected]> L: [email protected] T: quilt oss.oracle.com/~rdunlap/kernel-doc-patches/current/ S: Maintained F: Documentation/ +F: MAINTAINERS DOUBLETALK DRIVER M: "James R. Van Zandt" <[email protected]>
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1.7.0.4
Quoted 1 line · Harry Wei
I'd like to maintain this file for us. The patch is below.
Knock yourself out, but I think this won't be too valuable.
I suggest you setup a git tree and create a separate MAINTAINERS section entry and not use the existing DOCUMENTATION section entry.
Part of handling MAINTAINERS is understanding that any tree where you collect entries will not be authoritative. Lots of other MAINTAINERS updates will occur outside of your tree and nothing you do should hinder these updates.
One idea could be to separate all MAINTAINERS sections into separate files in perhaps a Maintainers directory. You would not ever have to alphabetize sections again.
Maybe add a little script to the Makefile to aggregate them together as well.
Another would be to add a '*...' pattern type to the files to match files in any directory or add a new filename only pattern akin to 'find -name "pattern"' rather than specify both the directory and file together.
Update scripts/get_maintainer.pl too if you add some new file pattern types please.
Quoted 5 lines · Joe Perches
Quoted 1 line · Harry Wei
I'd like to maintain this file for us. The patch is below.
Knock yourself out, but I think this won't be too valuable.
The patch has been updatated below.
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I suggest you setup a git tree and create a separate
MAINTAINERSsection entry and not use the existing DOCUMENTATION section entry.Part of handling
MAINTAINERSis understanding that any tree where you collect entries will not be authoritative. Lots of otherMAINTAINERSupdates will occur outside of your tree and nothing you do should hinder these updates.
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One idea could be to separate all
MAINTAINERSsections into separate files in perhaps a Maintainers directory. You would not ever have to alphabetize sections again.
This may a little complex. Keeping just MAINTAINERS file with alphabetical order is well for us.
I will also write a shell script for MAINTAINERS, which can not only check whether it is in alphabetical order but may also take orders for us.
The script is been programing by me and my friend. When it is okay, i will patch for kernel.
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Maybe add a little script to the
Makefileto aggregate them together as well.
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Another would be to add a '*...' pattern type to the files to match files in any directory or add a new filename only pattern akin to 'find -name "pattern"' rather than specify both the directory and file together.
Update
scripts/get_maintainer.pltoo if you add some new file pattern types please.
--- MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
MAINTAINERS +6 -0
@@ -4043,6 +4043,12 @@ S: Maintained F: drivers/net/macvlan.c F: include/linux/if_macvlan.h +MAINTAINERS-FILE +M: Harry Wei <[email protected]> +L: [email protected] +S: Maintained +F: MAINTAINERS + MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 M: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]> W: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages
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1.7.0.4
Quoted 6 lines · Harry Wei
Quoted 4 lines · Joe Perches
Quoted 1 line · Harry Wei
I'd like to maintain this file for us. The patch is below.
Knock yourself out, but I think this won't
be too valuable.The patch has been updatated below.
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This may a little complex. Keeping just
MAINTAINERSfile with alphabetical order is well for us.
I will also write a shell script forMAINTAINERS, which can not only check whether it is in alphabetical order but may also take orders for us.
The script is been programing by me and my friend. When it is okay, i will patch for kernel.
I believe that's been done before.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/11/330
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MAINTAINERS +0
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MAINTAINERS S: Maintained · line 4050
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MAINTAINERS +5
-0+MAINTAINERS-FILE +M: Harry Wei <[email protected]> +L: [email protected] +S: Maintained +F: MAINTAINERS
I think using the linux-doc mailing list forMAINTAINERS isn't good.
Quoted 6 lines · Joe Perches
Quoted 1 line · Harry Wei
When it is okay, i will patch for kernel.
I believe that's been done before.
That's great. I am so sorry i ignored that patch. I will neaten this patch and take alphabetical orders for MAINTAINERS. Then patch for them. Thanks, Joe ;)
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MAINTAINERS
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MAINTAINERS +0
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MAINTAINERS
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MAINTAINERS +5
-0+MAINTAINERS-FILE +M: Harry Wei <[email protected]> +L: [email protected] +S: Maintained +F: MAINTAINERSI think using the linux-doc mailing list for
MAINTAINERSisn't good.
Hmmm, maybe you are right. So i patch below. I think the default ML, LKML, is okay for MAINTAINERS file, isn't it?
--- MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
MAINTAINERS +6 -0
@@ -4048,6 +4048,12 @@ S: Maintained F: drivers/net/macvlan.c F: include/linux/if_macvlan.h +MAINTAINERS FILE +M: Harry Wei <[email protected]> +L: [email protected] +S: Maintained +F: MAINTAINERS + MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 M: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]> W: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages
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