Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Time to call it quits for the maintainer summit?

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 8/7/26 13:51, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 10:27:27 -0700
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
>> The maintainer summit being a pretty constant "in-group" is
>> fundamental, but it still feels a bit sad and wrong to me.

The current format for MS is definitely more focused and easier
to discuss maintainership process and issues.

The larger format we had prior to the current one had some benefits
as it allowed wider participation compared to the current. I definitely
benefited from listening in on these discussions to get a feel for how
the community makes technical and process decisions when we had the
larger format.

MS PC continues to invite new developers though fewer probably compared
to the old format.

Maybe we could look into bringing that aspect back by making some
discussions wider and make that part of the kernel summit track.
It would become more important as the top maintainers reduce their
engagement overtime.
  
thanks,
-- Shuah