[PATCH 1/1] get_maintainer.pl: slightly modify penguin_chief
Tom Rini
trini at konsulko.com
Thu Jan 11 18:18:13 CET 2024
On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 05:51:27PM +0100, Anthony Loiseau wrote:
> From: Anthony Loiseau <anthony.loiseau at allcircuits.com>
>
> Penguin chiefs are actually stripped out from get_maintainer results unless
> --git-chief-penguins is provided, which appends them to all results instead.
>
> This is a issue for U-Boot since Tom Rini (penguin chief) is also maintainer
> of some sub-trees ("ARM", "ARM TI" and "THE REST").
>
> Hopefully, this match is performed case-senditive over name and email,
> therefore upper-casing Tom Rini last name workarounds the issue.
>
> Important note: This also fixes "THE REST" catch all section resulting
> in Tom Rini listed as (maintainer:THE REST) for all files. Hope there is not
> too much developers scripting their patch email header from get_maintainer.pl
> output, otherwise Tom Rini may be flooded.
>
> Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> Signed-off-by: Anthony Loiseau <anthony.loiseau at allcircuits.com>
Given the explanation and links in the cover letter, this seems like the
most reasonable path to me, thanks.
Acked-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
--
Tom
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