Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as block maintainer

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> writes:

> On 2019-01-08 20:12, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>> Am 08.01.2019 um 18:18 hat Markus Armbruster geschrieben:
>>> This patch series got stuck.
>>>
>>> Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 09/25 07:00, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>>>>> Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll not be involved in day-to-day qemu development.  Remove
>>>>>>> myself as maintainer from the remainder of the network block drivers
>>>>>>> (and vhdx), and revert them to the general block layer maintainership.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>  MAINTAINERS | 14 --------------
>>>>>>>  1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>>> index e93f79672f..6ef6932628 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>>> @@ -1982,28 +1982,22 @@ F: block/vmdk.c
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  RBD
>>>>>>>  M: Josh Durgin <jdurgin@redhat.com>
>>>>>>> -M: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>  L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
>>>>>>>  S: Supported
>>>>>>>  F: block/rbd.c
>>>>>>> -T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  Sheepdog
>>>>>>>  M: Hitoshi Mitake <mitake.hitoshi@lab.ntt.co.jp>
>>>>>>>  M: Liu Yuan <namei.unix@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> -M: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>  L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
>>>>>>>  L: sheepdog@lists.wpkg.org
>>>>>>>  S: Supported
>>>>>>>  F: block/sheepdog.c
>>>>>>> -T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  VHDX
>>>>>>> -M: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>  L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
>>>>>>>  S: Supported
>>>>>>>  F: block/vhdx*
>>>>>>> -T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does "S: Supported" make sense without an M:?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  VDI
>>>>>>>  M: Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>
>>>>>>> @@ -2034,34 +2028,26 @@ F: docs/interop/nbd.txt
>>>>>>>  T: git git://repo.or.cz/qemu/ericb.git nbd
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  NFS
>>>>>>> -M: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>  M: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
>>>>>>>  L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
>>>>>>>  S: Maintained
>>>>>>>  F: block/nfs.c
>>>>>>> -T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  SSH
>>>>>>>  M: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
>>>>>>> -M: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>  L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
>>>>>>>  S: Supported
>>>>>>>  F: block/ssh.c
>>>>>>> -T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  CURL
>>>>>>> -M: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>  L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
>>>>>>>  S: Supported
>>>>>>>  F: block/curl.c
>>>>>>> -T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Likewise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  GLUSTER
>>>>>>> -M: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
>>>>>>>  L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
>>>>>>>  S: Supported
>>>>>>>  F: block/gluster.c
>>>>>>> -T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Likewise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Null Block Driver
>>>>>>>  M: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Block drivers without an M: naturally fall under the overall maintainership of
>>>>> block layer (Kevin&Max), so IMO keeping the statuses is fine. Maybe CURL can be
>>>>> degraded to Maintained, though.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, get_maintainer.pl combines all applicable sections.  Human readers
>>>> are left to wonder, unless they know to look for other matches.
>>>>
>>>> Do we want to have a dedicated network block driver submaintainer again,
>>>> if we can find one?
>>>>
>>>> Do we want to have a dedicated VHDX driver submaintainer again?  Fam,
>>>> you're maintaining VMDK, could you cover VHDX as well?
>>>
>>> Fam can't.
>>>
>>> I can see two sane options for the three sections that lose their sole
>>> maintainer (VHDX, CURL, GLUSTER):
>>>
>>> * Downgrade to S: Orphan
>>>
>>>   This reflects the fact that we'd like to have dedicated maintainers
>>>   for them.  It camouflages the fact that the "Block layer core"
>>>   maintainers pick up the slack.
>>>
>>> * Delete
>>>
>>>   The opposite.

    * Appoint suitable maintainers with the S: appropriate for them

      Special case: appoint yourself.  Doesn't actually change
      maintaintership (you're already on the hook as core maintainers),
      but it lets you adjust S:.

>>> Kevin, Max, please pick your poison, or suggest one you find tastier.
>> 
>> Orphan is probably by far closer to the truth than Supported. But I
>> think what we really do is Odd Fixes. Not sure if that's a status that
>> works in any meaningful way without having a maintainer for the specific
>> thing assigned?
>
> IMHO "Odd Fixes" is still ok for entries that have at least a "L:" line,
> like "L: qemu-block@nongnu.org". If an entry neither got a "M:" nor a
> "L:" line anymore, it should be marked with "Orphan" instead.

Contradicts "Odd Fixes: It has a maintainer", but that's fixable or
perhaps tolerable.