[U-Boot] [PATCH] patman: Don't request full names from get_maintainer

[Simon Glass]

Hi Doug,

On 17 April 2014 12:47, Doug Anderson <dianders at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> The Linux get_maintainer.pl can often produce a whole lot of results.
> As a result you'll sometimes blow your CC field over 1024 characters
> and that can cause listservs to reject your message.
>
> As a stopgap, call get_maintainer.pl with "--non" so it doesn't
> include real names.  This will dramatically reduce the number of
> characters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>
> ---
>
>  tools/patman/get_maintainer.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/patman/get_maintainer.py b/tools/patman/get_maintainer.py
> index 00b4939..a5160bc 100644
> --- a/tools/patman/get_maintainer.py
> +++ b/tools/patman/get_maintainer.py
> @@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ def GetMaintainer(fname, verbose=False):
>              print "WARNING: Couldn't find get_maintainer.pl"
>          return []
>
> -    stdout = command.Output(get_maintainer, '--norolestats', fname)
> +    stdout = command.Output(get_maintainer, '--norolestats', '--non', fname)
>      return stdout.splitlines()
> --
> 1.9.1.423.g4596e3a
>

Good to avoid this problem, but I wonder if we should check the size
and re-run the command if too long? That way we can keep names on the
thread when it is possible.

Also, why is there a limit on CC - is that a limitation described in
the RFC, or just certain mailers? Can we get around it by specifying
multiple Cc tags?

Regards,
Simon