[PATCH] add a ignore list for get_maintainer

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 05:45:56PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/8/2024 5:07 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Add an opt-out list for get maintainer tool.  This is helpful
> > to avoid getting bounce messages and to allow developers
> > who do not want direct mail.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> >  .get_maintainer.ignore | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 .get_maintainer.ignore
> > 
> > diff --git a/.get_maintainer.ignore b/.get_maintainer.ignore
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..f70eee0b0d60
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/.get_maintainer.ignore
> > @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> > +Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia at intel.com>
> > +Damian Nowak <damianx.nowak at intel.com>
> > +Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> > +Gage Eads <gage.eads at intel.com>
> > +Guoyang Zhou <zhouguoyang at huawei.com>
> > +Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu at intel.com>
> > +Miao Li <miao.li at intel.com>
> > +Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon at 6wind.com>
> > +Raveendra Padasalagi <raveendra.padasalagi at broadcom.com>
> > +Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain at nxp.com>
> > +Timothy McDaniel <timothy.mcdaniel at intel.com>
> 
> I wonder if there is a way to get new email address of the user, instead
> of ignoring it, we have all email addressed in '.mailmap', old ones and
> preferred one.

If the user hasn't provided a new email address then they probably aren't
interested in still being involved in the project. Therefore, adding them
to ignore file is probably best.

/Bruce