Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-28 Thread Joe Perches
On Sat, 2020-11-28 at 08:30 -0800, Tom Rix wrote: > On 11/28/20 8:00 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-11-28 at 07:36 -0800, Tom Rix wrote: > > > On 11/27/20 2:10 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > [] > > > > I think an exception mechanism would be better than a specific > > > > mechanism added to

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-28 Thread Joe Perches
On Sat, 2020-11-28 at 07:36 -0800, Tom Rix wrote: > On 11/27/20 2:10 PM, Joe Perches wrote: [] > > I think an exception mechanism would be better than a specific > > mechanism added to various entries. > Can you give an example of what you mean ? Inherit the parent prefix then add the

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-28 Thread Tom Rix
On 11/28/20 8:00 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sat, 2020-11-28 at 07:36 -0800, Tom Rix wrote: >> On 11/27/20 2:10 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > [] >>> I think an exception mechanism would be better than a specific >>> mechanism added to various entries. >> Can you give an example of what you mean ? >

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-28 Thread Tom Rix
On 11/27/20 2:10 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2020-11-27 at 13:43 -0800, t...@redhat.com wrote: >> From: Tom Rix >> >> From >> RFC MAINTAINERS tag for cleanup robot >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/11/21/190 > I think this should be RFC. > It looks as as if it's only for subsystems through A

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-28 Thread Tom Rix
On 11/28/20 8:44 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sat, 2020-11-28 at 08:30 -0800, Tom Rix wrote: >> On 11/28/20 8:00 AM, Joe Perches wrote: >>> On Sat, 2020-11-28 at 07:36 -0800, Tom Rix wrote: On 11/27/20 2:10 PM, Joe Perches wrote: >>> [] > I think an exception mechanism would be better

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-27 Thread Miguel Ojeda
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 10:51 PM wrote: > > From > RFC MAINTAINERS tag for cleanup robot > https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/11/21/190 Please use lore.kernel.org for links. > The prefix used by subsystems in their commit log is arbitrary. > To elimitate the time and effort to manually find a

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-27 Thread Joe Perches
On Fri, 2020-11-27 at 13:43 -0800, t...@redhat.com wrote: > From: Tom Rix > > From > RFC MAINTAINERS tag for cleanup robot > https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/11/21/190 I think this should be RFC. It looks as as if it's only for subsystems through A > The prefix used by subsystems in their commit log

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS add D: tag for subsystem commit prefix

2020-11-27 Thread trix
From: Tom Rix From RFC MAINTAINERS tag for cleanup robot https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/11/21/190 The prefix used by subsystems in their commit log is arbitrary. To elimitate the time and effort to manually find a reasonable prefix, store the preferred prefix in the MAINTAINERS file. Populate with