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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.128] ([38.15.57.99]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5614622812f47-4afae4fc68fsm4948726b6e.8.2026.08.06.11.56.29 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:56:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <91609b69-8628-4ada-8632-eb822d67a5da@linuxfoundation.org> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 12:56:29 -0600 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Coping with the new-developer flood To: Konstantin Ryabitsev , Greg KH Cc: Theodore Tso , Jonathan Corbet , ksummit@lists.linux.dev References: <87y0ekm9nw.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <2026080651-bony-hertz-bfb6@gregkh> <20260806-industrious-whippet-of-jest-a91eaa@meerkat> Content-Language: en-US From: Shuah Khan In-Reply-To: <20260806-industrious-whippet-of-jest-a91eaa@meerkat> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 8/6/26 11:28, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 05:57:54PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: >>>> At a minimum, one could imagine a bot that notices a patch posted by >>>> somebody who has not been seen before and responds with a "Welcome! >>>> Here's how we do things here" email. > > I can probably do this, since I run a bunch of bots on list messages already > and this seems like a service that would benefit all subsystems. That is great. I am hoping we can do this as a service for all subsystems as a project wide thing. > >>> I wonder if we could make the bot more sophisticated than just sending >>> a welcome message. If the patch is white-space damaged, or doesn't >>> apply against upstream (or if there are indications that it was >>> applied against an LTS branch without an explicit LTS tag or something >>> indicating that it is a backport), one could imagine having the bot >>> sending a newer contributor a more specific set of constructive >>> criticisms. > > Preferably, this would be purely deterministic, such as: > > - carries "base-commit" > - has a signed-off-by > - actually applies > - isn't against a known LTS branch > > Failing all these on top of being an unknown/new developer could trigger a > quick "here's what you did wrong, oh and welcome btw." This looks a good start and we can improve it as we go. thanks, -- Shuah