From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9CCBC001B0 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:43:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234907AbjGZPno convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:43:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47900 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231894AbjGZPnn (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:43:43 -0400 Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0017.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.17]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 127C52707; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:43:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from omf14.hostedemail.com (a10.router.float.18 [10.200.18.1]) by unirelay09.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC232801FD; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:43:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf14.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2B4B53B; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:43:31 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <11ec5b3819ff17c7013348b766eab571eee5ca96.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: get_maintainer: steer people away from using file paths From: Joe Perches To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski , geert@linux-m68k.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, mario.limonciello@amd.com Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:43:30 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20230726151515.1650519-1-kuba@kernel.org> References: <20230726151515.1650519-1-kuba@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT User-Agent: Evolution 3.48.4 (3.48.4-1.fc38) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 2B4B53B X-Stat-Signature: kekwf3boy5oqzgutd3xcrgxyb8zmqfpo X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout01 X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX1+72Wd9vEYwCd4qCLZ11+p0SIW+an4W+Ow= X-HE-Tag: 1690386211-699822 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX1+UpmbqDRhQT+3wZngmi/dvSPNsMFg4A3BVrNxgZT2Qs75z/BS6gQx5s4JQZdKTYCtnX1LDu0K5hNYg06QJzsP8EFz53UQsqRBlCi4mL+/LiRJVrdQYFpVhkITK8cYKBRGSPOlKj1L12dR6Pev3YbhDU8tryOpiGzW5GxgU4cmbe8OMEsgrfZqT141Islyw7Nr41WcF9FAHbWgYQXC6DEvbSSVL/jCt5CUYUflMFI4+28y1iTkD6uBm8/se5jpMEOkTF3/KTTdCc+ijx/vlixdGJTh5V8JyPxjbIdQJS7+xg4YEpTvPH8ns Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2023-07-26 at 08:15 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > We repeatedly see netcomers misuse get_maintainer by running it on newcomers > Print a warning when someone tries to use -f and remove > the "auto-guessing" of file paths. Nack on that bit. My recollection is it's Linus' preferred mechanism.