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 3D359C83F17 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:35:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231200AbjH3SfT (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:35:19 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50144 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S244987AbjH3ORR (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:17:17 -0400 Received: from mx0a-0031df01.pphosted.com (mx0a-0031df01.pphosted.com [205.220.168.131]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E93F3122; Wed, 30 Aug 2023 07:17:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pps.filterd (m0279863.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-0031df01.pphosted.com (8.17.1.19/8.17.1.19) with ESMTP id 37UDR0bn014094; Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:16:32 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=quicinc.com; h=message-id : date : mime-version : subject : to : references : from : in-reply-to : content-type : content-transfer-encoding; s=qcppdkim1; bh=t+pa7pawiXHGZsyFpEhyJeURi1Iqk12oeRHuQvv8HfI=; b=JJuR33EIgP9wPpvFBDwqZfRoVVFoweXSPTpDpfOxkJiaqmgIfDs+b1jm9/xv/4H2BisG O4whebwnwqbjFnV+PvO2z2HHOKp2vo0aFn9y4JRxXq5pNt18BoCtREU3QYHeUS1bjy7P XH1gGt3H4fTaiBezGwGzzcf6Gdr1X0fFv+m4eCkatQLgyqNcTNGw2X/mWBDrSVPHXdHt WuUhdOdwpMX+jw5CwfiS1jT/+VBNG7GHV8mzd7m5aDG3EfRZ7HX177EOTnLq8691HJHU AHO+waUx2eVQBKOPeCoc/w/XrPrmtCAIeJv9NKoNUHIY+EKr5thKEtlJNn20Baa3ePmf Ig== Received: from nalasppmta02.qualcomm.com (Global_NAT1.qualcomm.com [129.46.96.20]) by mx0a-0031df01.pphosted.com (PPS) with ESMTPS id 3st28a8kvx-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:16:32 +0000 Received: from nalasex01a.na.qualcomm.com (nalasex01a.na.qualcomm.com [10.47.209.196]) by NALASPPMTA02.qualcomm.com (8.17.1.5/8.17.1.5) with ESMTPS id 37UEGVeB023380 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:16:31 GMT Received: from [10.111.178.80] (10.49.16.6) by nalasex01a.na.qualcomm.com (10.47.209.196) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.2.1118.36; Wed, 30 Aug 2023 07:16:28 -0700 Message-ID: <42177428-c85f-4fa8-af0a-0252dd4aef43@quicinc.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 07:16:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py Content-Language: en-US To: Mark Brown , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Masahiro Yamada , Nick Desaulniers , Andrew Morton , Nicolas Schier , "Konstantin Ryabitsev" , Kees Cook , Bjorn Andersson , , , Will Deacon , Greg Kroah-Hartman , , , , , , , , , References: <141b9fcab2208ace3001df4fc10e3dfd42b9f5d9.1693037031.git.quic_gurus@quicinc.com> <2efba6b3-2399-9deb-d0ce-78f7b5e12f30@linaro.org> <20230828175629.GC23466@quicinc.com> <78aa33f9-ead8-b128-2a7a-40530a1a3ed0@linaro.org> <670a87e9-2f0c-ec9e-ebb4-9041c8972ace@linaro.org> <20230829231638.GA27843@quicinc.com> <0f7b32e1-1b26-4543-bfec-471641a67416@sirena.org.uk> From: Jeff Johnson In-Reply-To: <0f7b32e1-1b26-4543-bfec-471641a67416@sirena.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.49.16.6] X-ClientProxiedBy: nalasex01a.na.qualcomm.com (10.47.209.196) To nalasex01a.na.qualcomm.com (10.47.209.196) X-QCInternal: smtphost X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6200 definitions=5800 signatures=585085 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: Y99vl80-AQIBPhE1u991VngBk1l7j4Xp X-Proofpoint-GUID: Y99vl80-AQIBPhE1u991VngBk1l7j4Xp X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.267,Aquarius:18.0.957,Hydra:6.0.601,FMLib:17.11.176.26 definitions=2023-08-29_16,2023-08-29_01,2023-05-22_02 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 mlxscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 phishscore=0 malwarescore=0 impostorscore=0 suspectscore=0 spamscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 mlxlogscore=965 clxscore=1011 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2308100000 definitions=main-2308300132 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org On 8/30/2023 4:22 AM, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 04:16:39PM -0700, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote: > >> If this script is accepted and gains adoption, maintainers like yourself will >> only be To-ed in patches that touch files that you're a direct "Maintainer" or >> "Reviewer" of. For all other patches in the series you'll be in "Cc:". I >> imagine that this can be very useful regardless of the specifics of your >> workflow. > > Given that b4 solves a lot more problems and is getting quite widely > adopted it's probably going to be more effective to look at trying to > get this implemented there. That might still mean a separate script > that b4 can hook into, but it's probably important that whatever you do > can be used easily with b4. As someone who has recently moved to using b4 I second this comment. b4 makes it so much easier to maintain patch versioning and to add the right folks to the review. And most folks aren't performing tree-wide changes so the per-patch customization doesn't seem to be a big win. /jeff