Re: [PATCH 0/3] get_maintainer: add patch-only keyword matching
On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 08:24:58AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 8:19 PM Justin Stitt wrote: > > > > This series aims to add "D:" which behaves exactly the same as "K:" but > > works only on patch files. > > > > The goal of this is to reduce noise when folks use get_maintainer on > > tree files as opposed to patches. This use case should be steered away > > from [1] but "D:" should help maintainers reduce noise in their inboxes > > regardless, especially when matching omnipresent keywords like [2]. In > > the event of [2] Kees would be to/cc'd from folks running get_maintainer > > on _any_ file containing "__counted_by". The number of these files is > > rising and I fear for his inbox as his goal, as I understand it, is to > > simply monitor the introduction of new __counted_by annotations to > > ensure accurate semantics. > > Something like this (whether this series or a different approach) > would be helpful to me as well; we use K: to get cc'ed on patches > mentioning clang or llvm, but our ML also then ends up getting cc'ed > on every follow up patch to most files. > > This is causing excessive posts on our ML. As a result, it's a > struggle to get folks to cc themselves to the ML, which puts the code > review burden on fewer people. > > Whether it's a new D: or refinement to the behavior of K:, I applaud > the effort. Hopefully we can find an approach that works for > everyone. Yes, please! I would use this immediately -- there are a bunch of places where pstore, strings, hardening, etc all want review if certain functions or structures are changed in a patch, but we're not maintainers of the files they appear in. > > Justin Stitt (3): > > MAINTAINERS: add documentation for D: > > get_maintainer: add patch-only pattern matching type Can we squash these two changes together, and then likely add some patches for moving things out of K: ? -- Kees Cook
Re: [PATCH 0/3] get_maintainer: add patch-only keyword matching
On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 8:19 PM Justin Stitt wrote: > > This series aims to add "D:" which behaves exactly the same as "K:" but > works only on patch files. > > The goal of this is to reduce noise when folks use get_maintainer on > tree files as opposed to patches. This use case should be steered away > from [1] but "D:" should help maintainers reduce noise in their inboxes > regardless, especially when matching omnipresent keywords like [2]. In > the event of [2] Kees would be to/cc'd from folks running get_maintainer > on _any_ file containing "__counted_by". The number of these files is > rising and I fear for his inbox as his goal, as I understand it, is to > simply monitor the introduction of new __counted_by annotations to > ensure accurate semantics. Something like this (whether this series or a different approach) would be helpful to me as well; we use K: to get cc'ed on patches mentioning clang or llvm, but our ML also then ends up getting cc'ed on every follow up patch to most files. This is causing excessive posts on our ML. As a result, it's a struggle to get folks to cc themselves to the ML, which puts the code review burden on fewer people. Whether it's a new D: or refinement to the behavior of K:, I applaud the effort. Hopefully we can find an approach that works for everyone. And may God have mercy on your soul for having to touch that much perl. :-P > > See [3/3] for an illustrative example. > > This series also includes a formatting pass over get_maintainer because > I personally found it difficult to parse with the human eye. > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230726151515.1650519-1-k...@kernel.org/ > [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230925172037.work.853-k...@kernel.org/ > > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt > --- > Justin Stitt (3): > MAINTAINERS: add documentation for D: > get_maintainer: run perltidy > get_maintainer: add patch-only pattern matching type > > MAINTAINERS |3 + > scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 3334 > +++-- > 2 files changed, 1718 insertions(+), 1619 deletions(-) > --- > base-commit: 6465e260f48790807eef06b583b38ca9789b6072 > change-id: 20230926-get_maintainer_add_d-07424a814e72 > > Best regards, > -- > Justin Stitt > -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers
[PATCH 0/3] get_maintainer: add patch-only keyword matching
This series aims to add "D:" which behaves exactly the same as "K:" but works only on patch files. The goal of this is to reduce noise when folks use get_maintainer on tree files as opposed to patches. This use case should be steered away from [1] but "D:" should help maintainers reduce noise in their inboxes regardless, especially when matching omnipresent keywords like [2]. In the event of [2] Kees would be to/cc'd from folks running get_maintainer on _any_ file containing "__counted_by". The number of these files is rising and I fear for his inbox as his goal, as I understand it, is to simply monitor the introduction of new __counted_by annotations to ensure accurate semantics. See [3/3] for an illustrative example. This series also includes a formatting pass over get_maintainer because I personally found it difficult to parse with the human eye. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230726151515.1650519-1-k...@kernel.org/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230925172037.work.853-k...@kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt --- Justin Stitt (3): MAINTAINERS: add documentation for D: get_maintainer: run perltidy get_maintainer: add patch-only pattern matching type MAINTAINERS |3 + scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 3334 +++-- 2 files changed, 1718 insertions(+), 1619 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 6465e260f48790807eef06b583b38ca9789b6072 change-id: 20230926-get_maintainer_add_d-07424a814e72 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt
