Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] rust: core abstractions for HID drivers

[Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@protonmail.com>]

On Sat, 05 Jul, 2025 12:41:02 +0200 "Miguel Ojeda" <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM Rahul Rameshbabu
> <sergeantsagara@protonmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From what I can tell,
>
> I think Benjamin wants to keep an eye on things but may not have much
> time to take care of patches and so on.
>
> So it sounds like having a separate `MAINTAINERS` subentry under them
> is best, with you applying patches and then sending PRs to them.
>
> That way, they remain in control, they can coordinate any changes that
> involve both the C and the Rust side if any, and so on; while they
> don't need to handle directly Rust patches themselves, fixing issues
> with the Rust side, etc., thus removing work from their side; i.e. you
> would be doing that since you want to drive and use those Rust
> abstractions.
>
> That arrangement is great and what other subsystems have done (most of
> the entries with "... [RUST]"). It also helps more people
> involved/trained in the overall subsystem too (should they want more
> reviewers/maintainers), and also allows you to become a maintainer
> yourself, learning to send PRs, etc. (which you may welcome -- if you
> already took patches, sent PRs etc., then please excuse me! I only did
> a quick search so I may have missed it.)

Thanks Miguel. I would really enjoy the opportunity. Like you noticed, I
do not have this experience on the mailing list. I also want to give
Benjamin and Jiri time to consider these options. Let me get my v2
patches sent out in the meantime.

Thanks,
Rahul Rameshbabu

>
> We try to reserve the global Rust tree fallback for cases where there
> is really no other way, e.g. when a key subsystem doesn't want
> anything to do with Rust at all and thus would block many others
> otherwise.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel