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Date:      Mon, 31 May 2021 20:39:41 +0100
From:      Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 5a20c351ea45 - main - [skip ci] add a CODEOWNERS file
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On 31 May 2021, at 20:37, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 1:21 PM Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@jrtc27.com> =
wrote:
> On 31 May 2021, at 20:16, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > On Mon, May 31, 2021, 1:11 PM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 May 2021 at 11:51, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> =
wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> I think this file isn't the right place for (another copy of) =
this
> > >> text; perhaps the CODEOWNERS file should just reference the =
top-level
> > >> MAINTAINERS?
> > >
> > > Except that CODEOWNERS is in a format that tools know how to =
parse.  If anything, MAINTAINERS should be a symlink to CODEOWNERS.
> >=20
> > At least the file's location and user IDs suggest that it is =
specific
> > to GitHub; in any case I don't really care which one points to =
which.
> > I hope we can agree though that we don't really want two different
> > files representing code ownership in different ways that both
> > independently refer to a third mechanism for recording code =
ownership
> > that's external to the source tree?
> >=20
> > It also works on gitlab, FWIW. The format is standard. Bummer we =
can't generate it based on where it is published=E2=80=A6
>=20
> We could conceivably have a CODEOWNERS.master from which the others =
can be generated via `make codeowners` whenever someone edits it. =
Whether that=E2=80=99s worth the hassle of implementing though for a =
file that shouldn=E2=80=99t regularly be changing is unclear.
>=20
> Doing that's trivial... However, it would mean that the automatic =
flagging that this file's presence gives wouldn't work... But then =
again, there's no issues or pull requests at the gitlab mirror, so at =
the moment it's a bit of a moot point.

A hypothetical .gitlab/CODEOWNERS would be checked in as a generated =
file, if that was unclear. Otherwise I=E2=80=99m not sure I understand =
your first point?

Jess




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