Re: Maintenance of Linux FPGA

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 11:39:23AM -0700, Moritz Fischer wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I lately did not have enough time to dedicate to the Linux FPGA
> subsystem, concerns were raised around bus-factor and all.
> 
> Looking at my day-job I don't see this getting better in the short-term
> so I've decided to get a conversation going on how to structure this
> better for the benefit of the Linux FPGA subsystem.
> 
> Maybe a maintainer team approach would address the bus factor and
> workload concerns better?
> 
> In terms of people I was thinking about:
> 
> Hao has done a great job at keeping the DFL part of things going, so I
> think he'd be a great choice.
> 
> Yilun has been very helpful with reviews and I think he'd be a good
> pick, too.
> 
> In terms of how to structure this: I'm not sure just yet, open to input.
> 
> How do other multi-maintainer subsystems operate? Ideas? Suggestions?

There's lots of different ways they work, depends on what works best for
you all.

Some take turns on a weekly basis to commit patches to the tree.  Some
require multiple acks/reviews by the others before they are allowed to
merge to their tree.  Some just do what they can and merge what they
want :)

So it's all up to you all as to what you all find works best.  I'll
gladly take patches from whatever you all determine to do.

thanks,

greg k-h