Re: [RFC PATCH v3] docs-rst: user: add MAINTAINERS

From: Markus Heiser
Date: Fri Sep 23 2016 - 12:27:12 EST



Am 23.09.2016 um 17:35 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Em Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:15:01 -0600
> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu:


>> I'm not sure I see the value of including it in
>> the docs? What am I missing here?
>
> It is part of the REPORTING-BUGS procedure to check MAINTAINERS and
> find to what ML the bug should be reported:
> https://mchehab.fedorapeople.org/user/REPORTING-BUGS.html#how-to-report-linux-kernel-bugs
>
> I _suspect_ that the vast majority of Linux users don't read the
> MAINTAINERS file, but, instead, just google at the net for an answer
> to their troubles.
>
> By having it on an html file, together with other user's documentation,
> the payoff is that more people should do the right thing when seeking for
> bug resolutions at the right mailing lists or when reporting bugs,
> ultimately helping to improve the Kernel quality.
>

my 2cent: and whats about a simple link into the repo?

* http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/MAINTAINERS#n123

with a hint on using scripts/get_maintainer.pl ...

-- Markus --