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 lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBFE9C4332F for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:33:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:34242 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojIwE-00017g-Sp for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:33:14 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38234) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojImn-0003V3-Jz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:23:32 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:56596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojImk-0000PH-6V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:23:27 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1665746605; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=z3+FG5El3he5uSlcNSTAX0oRH0X1rebQ7PYWHOf69xA=; b=PLn0u4hnBDjOkZleNaVYS/YpDWYWIPou6dj8IOlC41QMmfN9z78mUDb4UkHeNCaT4ybpyV G2wdrBBDCEVgah7kiFGFhJawWNeB9/cfBRRCIC49t+jaS4NJRCb/GNcWN4mGrh77m8O5YG iozoKYh5HWmv9M6LuBX76RsVSD5/v24= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-428-tPuiJhCFP2OPi3j8G0c-PA-1; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:23:19 -0400 X-MC-Unique: tPuiJhCFP2OPi3j8G0c-PA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54EAC85A59D; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.39.192.110]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2514B2144B2D; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:23:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A91F121E691D; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:23:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Mark Cave-Ayland Cc: Alex =?utf-8?Q?Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, stefanha@redhat.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org, agraf@csgraf.de Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] docs/devel: add a maintainers section to development process References: <20221012121152.1179051-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> <20221012121152.1179051-2-alex.bennee@linaro.org> <222c561c-4771-c3ae-6749-5c0f4ea4c6ef@ilande.co.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:23:17 +0200 In-Reply-To: <222c561c-4771-c3ae-6749-5c0f4ea4c6ef@ilande.co.uk> (Mark Cave-Ayland's message of "Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:26:25 +0100") Message-ID: <871qrasl7e.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.6 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Mark Cave-Ayland writes: > On 12/10/2022 13:11, Alex Benn=C3=A9e wrote: [...] >> +Becoming a maintainer >> +--------------------- >> + >> +Maintainers are volunteers who put themselves forward to keep an eye >> +on an area of code. They are generally accepted by the community to Do you mean "expected by the community"? >> +have a good understanding of the subsystem and able to make a positive >> +contribution to the project. > > Is it worth making this a bit stronger such as "having a demonstrable tra= ck record of providing accepted upstream patches"? I'm not sure if this is = being a bit too=20 > nit-picky, however someone could have good understanding of a subsystem s= uch as PCI but be still unfamiliar with the QEMU's PCI APIs and how they sh= ould be used. I think existing practice varies. For something that is widely used, we generally require enough of a track record (contributions *and* reviews) to inspire confidence. But if you submit something new, say a machine, we may ask you to stick around and maintain it as a prerequisite for merging. [...]