From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>,
Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RFC: get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:52:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1285527125.1732.24.camel@Joe-Laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1284111212-10659-1-git-send-email-florian@mickler.org>
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 11:33 +0200, florian@mickler.org wrote:
> The script get_maintainer.pl is a very useful tool for deploying changes
> made to the kernel. Among others it searches not only the MAINTAINERS
> file but also the git history for people to send patches to.
>
> This can be unexpected for the receiving side and can and does provoke
> sometimes anger because it is not easy to determine if the sender did
> explicitly put the receiving side on the cc list, or if they just
> trolled the tree. The receiving side, if not used to be cc'd on many
> things will check the patch, spend time investigating what the heck they
> were cc'd just to realize, that there was no special reason.
>
> As get_maintainer.pl is frequently used by kernel newcomers who _can_
> not know whom to cc by themself, this anger then comes as a surprise for them
> and definitely puts them in an awkward position.
>
> By appending a a note of the reason for the cc in the name, the reason
> becomes clear and the receiving side is relieved from feeling obliged to
> check the patch while the sending side has a chance to adapt the
> cc'list to their liking.
>
> But the most useful aspect of this is, IMHO, that it makes it transparent who
> just used get_maintainer.pl as a shortcut to increase his own
> patch-throughput or who really put an effort in finding or editing the
> cc'list to their likings.
How about making --rolestats the default and adding a --nodecorate
option default off?
This would mean that any current script that expects bare email
addresses would need to add --nodecorate to get the old behavior.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-26 18:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-10 9:33 [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default florian
2010-09-10 9:42 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10 9:46 ` Wolfram Sang
2010-09-10 9:53 ` Mark Brown
2010-09-10 10:04 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10 10:18 ` Mark Brown
2010-09-10 10:47 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10 11:07 ` Mark Brown
2010-09-11 0:22 ` [PATCH] scripts/get_maintainer.pl: Add --git-blame --rolestats "Authored lines" information Joe Perches
2010-09-11 9:38 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11 9:52 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 10:02 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11 10:22 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 19:22 ` [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Add and describe scripts/get_maintainer.pl Joe Perches
2010-09-11 19:34 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11 19:43 ` [PATCH V2] " Joe Perches
2010-09-12 16:18 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 11:44 ` [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default Alan Cox
2010-09-10 10:22 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 10:47 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 21:22 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-10 10:30 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 11:04 ` Mark Brown
2010-09-10 11:15 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 21:04 ` Andrew Morton
2010-09-10 21:39 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 21:44 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-13 4:01 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2010-09-13 5:21 ` [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Look for .get_maintainer.conf in lk, then $HOME then scripts Joe Perches
2010-09-13 6:13 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13 13:21 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2010-09-10 11:11 ` [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: append reason for cc to the name by default Florian Mickler
2010-09-10 15:12 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 9:34 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-11 0:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-11 0:31 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 0:45 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-11 0:56 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-11 9:28 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-13 7:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-09-13 7:57 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-13 8:54 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-14 17:19 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-09-14 17:46 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-15 3:28 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-15 4:34 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-15 4:45 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-15 12:49 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-14 23:15 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-13 9:01 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-14 17:24 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-09-26 18:52 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2010-09-27 14:57 ` RFC: " Florian Mickler
2010-09-27 15:44 ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-27 17:00 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-27 18:21 ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-27 19:26 ` Florian Mickler
2010-09-27 20:08 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-27 20:47 ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-27 21:16 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-28 4:22 ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-28 4:37 ` Mark Brown
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