Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: get_maintainer: steer people away from using file paths
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2023-07-26 18:49:05
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2023-07-26 18:49:05
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 at 11:45, Limonciello, Mario [off-list ref] wrote:
If the goal is to get people who are involved with a file, how about some variation of:
No, that isn't the goal.
The goal is to get the maintainer responsible for that file, so that I
can bring them in.
Maybe it's a security issue that gets reported. Maybe it's an oops.
Maybe it's a regression, but not clear what caused it.
Maybe we could have a script to help do that, and call it
'get_maintainer' or something like that?
Linus