From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02DE0EB64D7 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:18:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232060AbjFTQSG (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:18:06 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49850 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230020AbjFTQSD (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:18:03 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A46E7CF for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:18:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FE1E61314 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:18:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5D9E7C433C8; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:18:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1687277881; bh=wBA0Y9Ha6H9ZxemUE1WcIWZcdsauUIHysTV95xMBlbk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=szyVySQzzS8HwDYR6rOQ7eMA98hrqGmEHdDyArc/vFhMv5MBwwTPO+dCIKe8dwVAx /I3xmOA2A7pjhqaMUWqkYtMJccFXzhV6NdbHx4k8McuNZINpM8bQAXWlMFZS1zJEAW Geuhcpk/Mj9/9LjyphIaKdqHrRPZnIBBjf9FPvTBjZHFT4qYhgd3gUyk3ok0ivsuna YU0wj5N4tyVAkaOvhqWnuvbF7RwBeq1P2gK7usgYTAwifD8kLQ7FsyGqPlo5u4+yXB 1f32qZKJAcEmiCTy49yga2KxQYNZk05Ie6JXzo1zkEngDI9iERp4Y0z2wz7sjUOlpy 6jjPSFlBxvFdg== Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:18:00 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Veerasenareddy Burru Cc: Sathesh B Edara , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Satananda Burla , "davem@davemloft.net" , "edumazet@google.com" , "pabeni@redhat.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update email addresses of octeon_ep driver maintainers Message-ID: <20230620091800.736bf269@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20230616101229.1e7339f0@kernel.org> References: <20230615121057.135003-1-sedara@marvell.com> <20230615101311.34f5199e@kernel.org> <20230616101229.1e7339f0@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:12:29 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > Sathesh will also be maintaining and submitting the changes for > > octeon_ep drivers, going forward. > > > > Is the right way for this is, add Sathesh to MAINTAINERS list along > > with his first patch/patchset submission ? > > The patch is perfectly fine. Please see my question as half survey half > commitment device. I don't think we have a crisp enough understanding > of responsibilities of "corporate" maintainers. It always worries me > when I see someone who never (AFAICT) sent an email to the list before > get nominated as a maintainer. > > So I'd like to hear from Sathesh, clearly stated, what responsibilities > and SLAs he's taking on. Once we gather input of this nature from a > handful of maintainers maybe we can distill a guide in > Documentation/process/... Let me suggest one responsibility: - reply to maintainers' questions in a timely manner... Please repost with the answer folded into the commit message once you figure out what to say. -- pw-bot: cr