Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Drop realname for L: entries

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon May 08 2023 - 11:44:18 EST


On Mon, 2023-05-08 at 16:41 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The format of L: entries in the MAINTAINERS file are expected to just
> contain the list's email address. get_maintainers doesn't cope well, if
> a realname is specified:
>
> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,komeda.yaml
> ...
> (open list:ARM KOMEDA DRM-KMS DRIVER)
> ...
>
> So drop the realname (and the < >).
>
> Fixes: ab6911b73493 ("MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer for Arm komeda driver")
> Fixes: 6865788f5ad9 ("MAINTAINERS: Update entries from the Nitro Enclaves section")
> Fixes: 3affaa5a7ca3 ("drm/afbc: Add AFBC modifier usage documentation")
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hello,
>
> who will apply this patch? Joe?

Andrew? Please apply.

I do suspect though that these are non-public mailing lists/exploders
and these would be better as M: entries with names.

> Best regards
> Uwe
>
> MAINTAINERS | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 7e0b87d5aa2e..ae1d8e140a67 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ ARM KOMEDA DRM-KMS DRIVER
> M: James (Qian) Wang <james.qian.wang@xxxxxxx>
> M: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@xxxxxxx>
> M: Mihail Atanassov <mihail.atanassov@xxxxxxx>
> -L: Mali DP Maintainers <malidp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +L: malidp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Supported
> T: git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,komeda.yaml
> @@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ F: include/uapi/drm/panfrost_drm.h
> ARM MALI-DP DRM DRIVER
> M: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@xxxxxxx>
> M: Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@xxxxxxx>
> -L: Mali DP Maintainers <malidp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +L: malidp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Supported
> T: git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,malidp.yaml
> @@ -14825,7 +14825,7 @@ F: arch/nios2/
> NITRO ENCLAVES (NE)
> M: Alexandru Ciobotaru <alcioa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -L: The AWS Nitro Enclaves Team <aws-nitro-enclaves-devel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +L: aws-nitro-enclaves-devel@xxxxxxxxxx
> S: Supported
> W: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/nitro-enclaves/
> F: Documentation/virt/ne_overview.rst
>
> base-commit: ac9a78681b921877518763ba0e89202254349d1b