[PATCH] get_maintainer: Add subsystem to reviewer output

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Wed Oct 28 10:22:08 PDT 2015


On Wed, 28 Oct 2015, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-10-28 at 17:01 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Oct 2015, Joe Perches wrote:
> > 
> > > Reviewer output currently does not include the subsystem
> > > that matched.  Add it.
> > > 
> > > Miscellanea:
> > > 
> > > o Add a get_subsystem_name routine to centralize this
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com>
> > > ---
> > >  scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
> > >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > It looks like I'm going to have to drop the patch where we actually
> > start using the R: tag properly due to some social, emotional issues.
> 
> Not to mention logical.

Hmm... we continue to disagree on that one.

> > Despite that and not knowing Perl, I believe get_maintainer.pl should
> > be printing out the subsystem next to 'reviewer' as it does for
> > 'maintainer'.
> > 
> > So with that in mind:
> >   Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> 
> It'd be better if you could add a "tested-by:" instead.

Patch works as expected:
  Tested-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>

Feel free to add my Suggested-by too, based on my belief that this
patch was born out of this comment:

      "I'm sure we can make the output even more similar by listing
      the MAINTAINERS tag after "reviewer" too."

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