Re: Stepping down as maintainer (was Re: [PATCH for-next 0/9] mlx4 changes in virtual GID management)

[Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud-RlY5vtjFyJ3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

Hi,

Le vendredi 10 avril 2015 à 20:39 +0000, Hefty, Sean a écrit :
> > I'm on a perhaps-unfortunately-timed vacation this week, but to make
> > the transition smooth, I'll handle the easy patches that are in flight
> > for 4.1, and then turn things over to the community for 4.2.  (Unless
> > the feeling is that it's better for me to step down immediately — I
> > have no problem doing that, I just don't want to leave people in the
> > lurch)
> 
> This transition plan makes sense to me.  I can dedicate more of my
> time helping to review kernel patches, at least for a couple of
> months.  Hal is listed as the other sub-maintainer.  He usually limits
> his input to the IB mgmt components, but maybe he can contribute more
> until we're over this hump?
> 
> I'm not trying to volunteer anyone, but longer term, Doug appears to
> be in an ideal situation for maintaining the RDMA subtree.  Because of
> his position at RedHat, he has a strong interest in ensuring user
> space compatibility, can test across a wide range of devices, and
> needs to deal with long term maintenance issues.
> 

That would make sense to have someone like Doug or Jason being the
potential successors to Roland in order to keep InfiniBand subsystem
vendor neutrality.

Regards.

-- 
Yann Droneaud
OPTEYA


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