On Wed, 02/14 15:08, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 13/02/2018 19:09, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > Why is a custom entry needed for block here (and other things > > below). Won't running get_maintainer.pl already correctly > > report when a patch needs cc'ing to qemu-bl...@nongnu.org > > based on MAINTAINER rules ? > > Sometimes you want to CC block people even on a non-block patch, for > example if you want their opinion about using the API. > > We should probably add at least arm and ppc profiles, too. > > > --nogit --nogit-fallback > > QEMU's getmaintainer (unlike the Linux version!) already tries to avoid > falling back to git if a maintainer is listed. Are these options necessary? >
Falling back to git is usually more noisy than useful even when a maintainer is not listed, in my past experience. That's why I don't use it myself and propose such here. But I'm open to different opinions. Fam
