[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/4] support/scripts/get-developers: add new script

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:03:11 +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:

>  > A few files are recognized specially:  
> 
>  >  - .mk files are parsed, and if they contain $(eval
>  >    $(<something>-package)), the developer is assumed to be looking after
>  >    the corresponding package. This way, autobuilder failures for this
>  >    package can be reported directly to this developer.  
> 
>  >  - arch/Config.in.<arch> files are recognized as "the developer is
>  >    looking after the <arch> architecture". In this case, get-developer
>  >    parses the arch/Config.in.<arch> to get the list of possible BR2_ARCH
>  >    values. This way, autobuilder failures for this package can be
>  >    reported directly to this developer.  
> 
>  >  - pkg/pkg-<infra>.mk are recognized as "the developer is looking after
>  >    the <infra> package infrastructure. In this case, any patch that adds
>  >    or touches a .mk file that uses this infrastructure will be sent to
>  >    this developer.  
> 
> Committed, thanks. Care to send a followup patch fixing the issues
> Arnout pointed out?

Yes. I already started working on some of them. However, some
suggestions from Arnout are not working directly, especially the
argparse related suggestions around using mutually exclusive groups.
Patches from Arnout welcome :-)

Thomas
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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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