Hi Joe,
I'm conducting a large-scale patch analysis of the LKML with 1.8 million
patch emails. I'm using the `get_maintainer.pl` script to know which
patch is related to which subsystem.
I ran into two issues while using the script:
1. When I use the script the trivial way
$ scripts/get_maintainer.pl --subsystem --status --separator ,
drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/
Kieran Bingham <[email protected]> (maintainer:ANALOG
DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER),Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
(maintainer:MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
(V4L/DVB)),[email protected] (open list:ANALOG DEVICES INC
ADV748X DRIVER),[email protected] (open list)
Maintained,Buried alive in reporters
ANALOG DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER,MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
(V4L/DVB),THE REST
the output is hard to parse because the status `Maintained` is displayed
only once but related to two subsystems.
I'd prefer a more table like representation, like this:
Kieran Bingham <[email protected]> (maintainer:ANALOG
DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER),[email protected] (open
list:ANALOG DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER),ANALOG DEVICES INC ADV748X
DRIVER,Maintained
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> (maintainer:MEDIA INPUT
INFRASTRUCTURE (V4L/DVB)),MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
(V4L/DVB),Maintained
[email protected] (open list),THE REST,Buried alive in
reporters
2. I want to analyze multiple patches, currently I am calling the script
once per patch. When calling the script with multiple files the files
output is merged
$ scripts/get_maintainer.pl --subsystem --status --separator ','
drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/ include/uapi/linux/wmi.h
Kieran Bingham <[email protected]> (maintainer:ANALOG
DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER),Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
(maintainer:MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
(V4L/DVB)),[email protected] (open list:ANALOG DEVICES INC
ADV748X DRIVER),[email protected] (open
list),[email protected] (open list:ACPI WMI DRIVER)
Maintained,Buried alive in reporters,Orphan
ANALOG DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER,MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
(V4L/DVB),THE REST,ACPI WMI DRIVER
I'd like to run the script with all files but separated output, like
this:
$ scripts/get_maintainer.pl --subsystem --status --separator ','
--separate-files drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/ include/uapi/linux/wmi.h
Kieran Bingham <[email protected]> (maintainer:ANALOG
DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER),Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
(maintainer:MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
(V4L/DVB)),[email protected] (open list:ANALOG DEVICES INC
ADV748X DRIVER),[email protected] (open list)
Maintained,Buried alive in reporters
ANALOG DEVICES INC ADV748X DRIVER,MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
(V4L/DVB),THE REST
[email protected] (open list:ACPI WMI
DRIVER),[email protected] (open list)
Orphan,Buried alive in reporters
ACPI WMI DRIVER,THE REST
My Questions are:
1. How can I make get_maintainer's output to be more table-like?
2. How can I make get_maintainer.pl to separate each file's output?
Kind Regards
Sebastian
