[RFC PATCH v2 00/16] MAINTAINER updates plus conversion of get_maintainers.pl to python

Alex Bennée posted 16 patches 1 day, 17 hours ago
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git fetch https://github.com/patchew-project/qemu tags/patchew/20260123145750.1200879-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org
Maintainers: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>, "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>, Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>, John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>, Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
MAINTAINERS                    |  31 +-
.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml |   9 +
scripts/get_maintainer.py      | 499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 525 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 scripts/get_maintainer.py
[RFC PATCH v2 00/16] MAINTAINER updates plus conversion of get_maintainers.pl to python
Posted by Alex Bennée 1 day, 17 hours ago
I wanted to look at adding gitlab tags to MAINTAINERS and baulked
slightly at figuring out what I would need to change in the perl
script to cleanly handle it.

While we imported the perl script from the kernel I'm fairly sure we
don't use half the features it has and as us grey beards age out less
people will be willing to tweak it. Consider this a proof-of-concept
for discussion about if it is worth perusing this path.

For v2:

  - added the missing K: keyword support
  - added basic --git fallback support
  - picked up a few more MAINTAINER updates from list
  - updated entries for Arm and *-user

I've CC'd the kernel maintainers for the script to see if they are
interested in this work.

While the python script is still cooking I will send a PR on Monday
with just the MAINTAINER updates which are reviewed/acked.

Alex.

Alex Bennée (13):
  MAINTAINERS: fix missing names
  MAINTAINERS: fix libvirt entry
  MAINTAINERS: regularise the status fields
  MAINTAINERS: update Arm to Supported status
  MAINTAINERS: be realistic about *-user
  scripts/get_maintainer.py: minimal argument parsing
  scripts/get_maintainer.py: resolve the source path
  scripts/get_maintainer.py: initial parsing of MAINTAINERS
  scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support for -f
  scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support reading patch files
  scripts/get_maintainer.py: add keyword (K:) support
  scripts/get_maintainer.py: implement basic git fallback support
  gitlab: add a check-maintainers task

Mads Ynddal (1):
  MAINTAINERS: remove myself as reviewer

Pierrick Bouvier (2):
  MAINTAINERS: add maintainer for docs/
  MAINTAINERS: add reviewer for linux-user

 MAINTAINERS                    |  31 +-
 .gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml |   9 +
 scripts/get_maintainer.py      | 499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 525 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/get_maintainer.py

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Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/16] MAINTAINER updates plus conversion of get_maintainers.pl to python
Posted by Pierrick Bouvier 1 day, 16 hours ago
On 1/23/26 6:57 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> I wanted to look at adding gitlab tags to MAINTAINERS and baulked
> slightly at figuring out what I would need to change in the perl
> script to cleanly handle it.
> 
> While we imported the perl script from the kernel I'm fairly sure we
> don't use half the features it has and as us grey beards age out less
> people will be willing to tweak it. Consider this a proof-of-concept
> for discussion about if it is worth perusing this path.
> 
> For v2:
> 
>    - added the missing K: keyword support
>    - added basic --git fallback support
>    - picked up a few more MAINTAINER updates from list
>    - updated entries for Arm and *-user
> 
> I've CC'd the kernel maintainers for the script to see if they are
> interested in this work.
> 
> While the python script is still cooking I will send a PR on Monday
> with just the MAINTAINER updates which are reviewed/acked.
> 
> Alex.
> 
> Alex Bennée (13):
>    MAINTAINERS: fix missing names
>    MAINTAINERS: fix libvirt entry
>    MAINTAINERS: regularise the status fields
>    MAINTAINERS: update Arm to Supported status
>    MAINTAINERS: be realistic about *-user
>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: minimal argument parsing
>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: resolve the source path
>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: initial parsing of MAINTAINERS
>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support for -f
>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support reading patch files
>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: add keyword (K:) support
>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: implement basic git fallback support
>    gitlab: add a check-maintainers task
> 
> Mads Ynddal (1):
>    MAINTAINERS: remove myself as reviewer
> 
> Pierrick Bouvier (2):
>    MAINTAINERS: add maintainer for docs/
>    MAINTAINERS: add reviewer for linux-user
> 
>   MAINTAINERS                    |  31 +-
>   .gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml |   9 +
>   scripts/get_maintainer.py      | 499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 525 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100755 scripts/get_maintainer.py
> 

Hi Alex,

it seems like you forgot to pull this patch also:
https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260115202511.2709767-1-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org/

Could you please include it in the current series to avoid an additional 
month of round trip?

Thanks,
Pierrick

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/16] MAINTAINER updates plus conversion of get_maintainers.pl to python
Posted by Alex Bennée 1 day, 16 hours ago
Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org> writes:

> On 1/23/26 6:57 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> I wanted to look at adding gitlab tags to MAINTAINERS and baulked
>> slightly at figuring out what I would need to change in the perl
>> script to cleanly handle it.
>> While we imported the perl script from the kernel I'm fairly sure we
>> don't use half the features it has and as us grey beards age out less
>> people will be willing to tweak it. Consider this a proof-of-concept
>> for discussion about if it is worth perusing this path.
>> For v2:
>>    - added the missing K: keyword support
>>    - added basic --git fallback support
>>    - picked up a few more MAINTAINER updates from list
>>    - updated entries for Arm and *-user
>> I've CC'd the kernel maintainers for the script to see if they are
>> interested in this work.
>> While the python script is still cooking I will send a PR on Monday
>> with just the MAINTAINER updates which are reviewed/acked.
>> Alex.
>> Alex Bennée (13):
>>    MAINTAINERS: fix missing names
>>    MAINTAINERS: fix libvirt entry
>>    MAINTAINERS: regularise the status fields
>>    MAINTAINERS: update Arm to Supported status
>>    MAINTAINERS: be realistic about *-user
>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: minimal argument parsing
>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: resolve the source path
>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: initial parsing of MAINTAINERS
>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support for -f
>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support reading patch files
>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: add keyword (K:) support
>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py: implement basic git fallback support
>>    gitlab: add a check-maintainers task
>> Mads Ynddal (1):
>>    MAINTAINERS: remove myself as reviewer
>> Pierrick Bouvier (2):
>>    MAINTAINERS: add maintainer for docs/
>>    MAINTAINERS: add reviewer for linux-user
>>   MAINTAINERS                    |  31 +-
>>   .gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml |   9 +
>>   scripts/get_maintainer.py      | 499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   3 files changed, 525 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100755 scripts/get_maintainer.py
>> 
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> it seems like you forgot to pull this patch also:
> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260115202511.2709767-1-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org/
>
> Could you please include it in the current series to avoid an
> additional month of round trip?

Hmm I did so a sweep and I didn't catch it, pulled now.
>
> Thanks,
> Pierrick

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/16] MAINTAINER updates plus conversion of get_maintainers.pl to python
Posted by Pierrick Bouvier 1 day, 14 hours ago
On 1/23/26 8:18 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org> writes:
> 
>> On 1/23/26 6:57 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>> I wanted to look at adding gitlab tags to MAINTAINERS and baulked
>>> slightly at figuring out what I would need to change in the perl
>>> script to cleanly handle it.
>>> While we imported the perl script from the kernel I'm fairly sure we
>>> don't use half the features it has and as us grey beards age out less
>>> people will be willing to tweak it. Consider this a proof-of-concept
>>> for discussion about if it is worth perusing this path.
>>> For v2:
>>>     - added the missing K: keyword support
>>>     - added basic --git fallback support
>>>     - picked up a few more MAINTAINER updates from list
>>>     - updated entries for Arm and *-user
>>> I've CC'd the kernel maintainers for the script to see if they are
>>> interested in this work.
>>> While the python script is still cooking I will send a PR on Monday
>>> with just the MAINTAINER updates which are reviewed/acked.
>>> Alex.
>>> Alex Bennée (13):
>>>     MAINTAINERS: fix missing names
>>>     MAINTAINERS: fix libvirt entry
>>>     MAINTAINERS: regularise the status fields
>>>     MAINTAINERS: update Arm to Supported status
>>>     MAINTAINERS: be realistic about *-user
>>>     scripts/get_maintainer.py: minimal argument parsing
>>>     scripts/get_maintainer.py: resolve the source path
>>>     scripts/get_maintainer.py: initial parsing of MAINTAINERS
>>>     scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support for -f
>>>     scripts/get_maintainer.py: add support reading patch files
>>>     scripts/get_maintainer.py: add keyword (K:) support
>>>     scripts/get_maintainer.py: implement basic git fallback support
>>>     gitlab: add a check-maintainers task
>>> Mads Ynddal (1):
>>>     MAINTAINERS: remove myself as reviewer
>>> Pierrick Bouvier (2):
>>>     MAINTAINERS: add maintainer for docs/
>>>     MAINTAINERS: add reviewer for linux-user
>>>    MAINTAINERS                    |  31 +-
>>>    .gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml |   9 +
>>>    scripts/get_maintainer.py      | 499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    3 files changed, 525 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>>    create mode 100755 scripts/get_maintainer.py
>>>
>>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> it seems like you forgot to pull this patch also:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260115202511.2709767-1-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org/
>>
>> Could you please include it in the current series to avoid an
>> additional month of round trip?
> 
> Hmm I did so a sweep and I didn't catch it, pulled now.
>>

Thanks.

>> Thanks,
>> Pierrick
> 


Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/16] MAINTAINER updates plus conversion of get_maintainers.pl to python
Posted by Joe Perches 1 day, 14 hours ago
On Fri, 2026-01-23 at 14:57 +0000, Alex Bennée wrote:
> I wanted to look at adding gitlab tags to MAINTAINERS and baulked
> slightly at figuring out what I would need to change in the perl
> script to cleanly handle it.
> 
> While we imported the perl script from the kernel I'm fairly sure we
> don't use half the features it has and as us grey beards age out less
> people will be willing to tweak it. Consider this a proof-of-concept
> for discussion about if it is worth perusing this path.
> 
> For v2:
> 
>   - added the missing K: keyword support
>   - added basic --git fallback support
>   - picked up a few more MAINTAINER updates from list
>   - updated entries for Arm and *-user
> 
> I've CC'd the kernel maintainers for the script to see if they are
> interested in this work.

I think rewrites aren't particularly useful but, your time, your choices.

Perhaps the --interactive bit of the script isn't necessary to convert.
I don't know that anyone uses it.

Adding Florian Mickler who wrote the --interactive code to cc's
(15+ years ago now)