Re: [PATCH] [RFC] get_maintainer.pl: only list maintainers by default

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 01:23 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> Joe Perches wrote:
>> Reported-by and tested-by signatures in the git history commit /are/ in
>> fact random WRT getting a list of handlers/ reviewers of a new patch.
> 
> Supporting stats please.
...
> Look like mostly patch authors and maintainers to me.
> 
> Brian Cavagnolo isn't a patch author, but he's an active tester.

So you looked up signatures across the entire tree, found some people
who appear more often than an average reporter/tester, and one of these
is not a classic developer/maintainer.

But how does this indicate a need to include these addresses into
get_maintainer.pl output?  In no way at all.

To get your patch reviewed, Cc the relevant mailinglists.  To get your
patch into the submission pipeline, Cc the maintainer.

>> It is more likely that reporters and testers cannot or/and do not want to
>> do anything about such a patch.  Such a mailing is called UBE.
> 
> I doubt that's true of even half of the reporters and testers.
> 
> I also doubt such patch emails fit any reasonable definition
> of UBE.

The U, B, and E all describe such mail exactly.
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