Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email)

[Julian Calaby]

Hi Arvind,

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Julian,
>
> Thanks for spotting that. We will update that too.
>
> I don't really see it as redundant rather as a quick reference instead of digging out the MAINTAINERS file and then search for vmw_pvscsi.c file. Specially for those readers who might not even know about the MAINTAINERS file.

You can use the get_maintainers script in the scripts directory to
quickly get information from MAINTAINERS, i.e.:

./scripts/get_maintainers.pl -f drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c

or

./scripts/get_maintainers.pl patchfile.patch

Thanks,

Julian Calaby


>
> Thanks!
> Arvind
> ________________________________________
> From: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 6:48 PM
> To: Jim Gill
> Cc: jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Martin K. Petersen; Arvind Kumar; pv-drivers@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email)
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Jim Gill <jgill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From 6a076cc00ec12c6f9cba58ee7e4c3dec49e1e7e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Jim Gill <jgill@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:10:43 -0700
>> Subject: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,
>> email)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jim Gill <jgill@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c | 2 +-
>>  drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h | 2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
>> index 6164634..4a0d3cd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
>> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
>>   * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>>   * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
>> USA.
>>   *
>> - * Maintained by: Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> + * Maintained by: Jim Gill <jgill@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Shouldn't you update MAINTAINERs too? And isn't having this
> information in these files redundant?
>
> Thanks,
>
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> Julian Calaby
>
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