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Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email)

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Hi Joe,

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 12:44 +1000, Julian Calaby wrote:
>> Hi Joe,
>
> rehi Julian.

(I always put a salutation on my emails and always finish them with
"Thanks," =) )

>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> []
>> > get_maintainer.pl also has a rarely used "--file-emails" option to
>> > scan for what appears to be email addresses in specific files.
>> >
>> > $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl  -f --file-emails drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
>> > Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@vmware.com> (maintainer:VMware PVSCSI driver,in file)
>> > VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@vmware.com> (maintainer:VMware PVSCSI driver)
>> > "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (maintainer:SCSI SUBSYSTEM)
>> > "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> (maintainer:SCSI SUBSYSTEM)
>> > linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org (open list:VMware PVSCSI driver)
>> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
>> >
>> > note the "in file" after Arvind's name
>> Didn't know this, however my point stands: the maintainer line in the
>> file is redundant if we find maintainers through MAINTAINERS or the
>> get_maintainer.pl script.
>
> Yes, I'm not suggesting anything else.  Jim's name
> should appear in the MAINTAINERS file somewhere.
>
> The question to me is whether or not Jim Gill is
> taking over the maintainership of the entire
> VMware PVSCSI driver or just a few files of it.

As I see it, he's taking over maintainership of all of it: it's only
files are drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.[ch] AFAIK.

Thanks,

-- 
Julian Calaby

Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/

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[PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email) Jim Gill <jgill@vmware.com> - 2016-06-17 03:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,  email) Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@vmware.com> - 2016-06-17 03:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email) Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> - 2016-06-17 03:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,  email) Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@vmware.com> - 2016-06-17 04:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email) Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> - 2016-06-17 04:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,  email) Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-06-17 04:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email) Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> - 2016-06-17 04:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,  email) Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-06-17 05:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email) Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> - 2016-06-17 05:20 +0200
                Re: [Pv-drivers] [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer  details (name, email) Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com> - 2016-06-17 10:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,  email) Jim Gill <jgill@vmware.com> - 2016-06-17 19:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,  email) Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-06-17 20:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name,  email) Jim Gill <jgill@vmware.com> - 2016-06-17 20:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] VMW_PVSCSI: Change to update maintainer details (name, email) "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> - 2016-06-21 04:10 +0200

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