Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

[Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>]

Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> Richard Knutsson wrote:
>   
> > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > Richard Knutsson wrote:
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >       
> > > > Any thoughts on this is very much appreciated (is there any flaws with
> > > > this?).
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > The thought that crossed my mind was:
> > >
> > > Why not do the same thing that was done to the "Help"-file. (Before it
> > > was superseded by Kconfig).
> > >
> > > Originaly there was a central Help-file, with all the texts. Then it was
> > > split and placed in each sub-dir. And later it was superseded by Kconfig.
> > >
> > > On the other hand you could skip the intermediate step and just fold the
> > > Maintainer-data directly into Kconfig, that way everything is "in one
> > > place" and you could place a "Maintainers"-Button next to the
> > > "Help"-Button in *config, or just display it alongside the help.
> > >
> > > And MAYBE that would also lessen the "update-to-date"-problem, as you
> > > can just write the MAINTAINERs-data when you create/update the
> > > Kconfig-file. Which is a thing that creates much bigger pain when you
> > > forget it accidently. ;-)
> > >
> > > Oh, and it neadly solves the mapping-problem, for at least all
> > > kernel-parts that have a Kconfig-option/Sub-Tree.
> > >   
> > >       
> > I'm all for splitting up the MAINTAINERS! :)
> >
> > Just, do you have any ideas how to solve the possible multiple of the
> > same entries, when handling multiple sub-directories and when many
> > different drivers with different maintainers are in the same directory
> > and a maintainer have more then one driver?
> >     
>
> Handles.
> If a Maintainer maintains several subsystems/drivers a "handle" could be
> used to references to a handle-list (hello MAINTAINERS) or to the place
> where the full-maintainers-entry is placed.
>   
Mm, and maybe store the entry on the shortest-pathway common directory. 
Then there should be just a few left entries in the current MAINTAINERS. 
But how to create the handles?
* Name (problem with persons with the same name)
* E-mail (much to change when they change it)
This also make a problem when there is a change of the maintainer, what 
happens with the entry if there is no maintainer?
* Just numbers and increase every new one with one? (quite ugly!)
... and here is the end of my ideas.

Any good ideas? (Really liked the idea to have a "Maintainer"-button 
next to "Help" in *config)

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