Re: [RFC] automatic CC generation for patch submission

From: Oleg Verych
Date: Sat Jun 30 2007 - 06:10:06 EST


On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 06:08:54AM +0300, Dan Aloni wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 05:01:44AM +0200, Oleg Verych wrote:
> > * Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:34:51 +0300
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'd like to present a suggestion for automatic generation of
> > > carbon copy fields in the E-Mails of posted patches.
> > >
> > > Basically, instead of manually figuring out who to add to CC
> > > when sending a patch to LKML by looking at MAINTAINERS, a
> > > script can look at '.maintainers' files spread across the
> > > source tree and automatically generate a proper list of CCs
> > > for a patch.
> >
> > LKML archive near you, search phrase "BTS", subjects that have
> > something about "the quality of the kernel". Good luck.
>
> Right, however many patches don't map to bug reports and don't
> need the heavy use of BTS. This suggestion is mainly for the
> improvement of peer review concerning code changes submitted
> by people who are not the maintainers.

Unfortunately you didn't listen, OK, just two messages:

<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/544898>
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/545112>

As you will see, nobody cares about comprehensive
patches/tests/bugs/testers/developers *tracking* system.

And don't limit yourself to fast conclusions. Thanks.
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