Commit c0d747a5 authored by Krzysztof Kozlowski's avatar Krzysztof Kozlowski Committed by Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/process: always CC responsible lists

The "Select the recipients for your patch" part about CC-ing mailing
lists is a bit vague and might be understood that only some lists should
be Cc-ed.  That's not what most of the maintainers expect.  For given
code, associated mailing list must always be CC-ed, because the list is
used for reviewing and testing patches.  Example are the Devicetree
bindings patches, which are tested iff Devicetree mailing list is CC-ed.
Signed-off-by: default avatarKrzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230413165501.47442-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent a110f8eb
...@@ -223,20 +223,17 @@ patch. ...@@ -223,20 +223,17 @@ patch.
Select the recipients for your patch Select the recipients for your patch
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You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) on any patch You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) and list(s) on
to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the any patch to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the
source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The script
script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to your
your patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a
maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton
(akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort. (akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort.
You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default for all patches, but the
of your patch set. linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default volume on that list has caused a number of developers to tune it out. Please
for all patches, but the volume on that list has caused a number of do not spam unrelated lists and unrelated people, though.
developers to tune it out. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a
subsystem-specific list; your patch will probably get more attention there.
Please do not spam unrelated lists, though.
Many kernel-related lists are hosted on vger.kernel.org; you can find a Many kernel-related lists are hosted on vger.kernel.org; you can find a
list of them at http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html. There are list of them at http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html. There are
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