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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Fix list entries with display names
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 15:47:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250102154736.31706789db6a8999ca8415c4@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241231155415.186244-1-robh@kernel.org>

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:54:14 -0600 "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@kernel.org> wrote:

> get_maintainers.pl doesn't expect list entries to have a display name.
> Entries with a display name are omitted and print just the description:
> 
>  (open list:PIN CONTROLLER - FREESCALE)
> 
> These cases are pretty much aliases to a few people, not lists which
> are archived and can be subscribed to. Change these cases to be reviewers
> instead.

Feels a bit wrong.  Are you sure that *all* of the below "lists" are
not really lists?  If so then OK I suppose.  Or perhaps we should have
a new MAINTAINERS tag to cover this situation.

And shouldn't get_maintainer be made to be more friendly in its
handling of these entries?  Omitting the email address seems kinda dumb.


  reply	other threads:[~2025-01-02 23:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-31 15:54 Rob Herring (Arm)
2025-01-02 23:47 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2025-01-03 14:08   ` Rob Herring
2025-01-05 17:19     ` Joe Perches

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