From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: [PATCH] doc: add maintainer role about replying questions Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:00:16 +0100 Message-ID: <1489485616-30291-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f42.google.com (mail-wm0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CB6F1075 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:00:21 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f42.google.com with SMTP id t189so59444946wmt.1 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:00:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from XPS13.localdomain (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b17sm14819649wma.33.2017.03.14.03.00.20 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:00:20 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" The first line of the MAINTAINERS file are: " The intention of this file is to provide a set of names that we can rely on for helping in patch reviews and questions. " Unfortunately, some maintainers do not endorse their role for questions asked on the mailing list. Hope making it clear in the contribution guide will enforce more responsive maintainer participation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon --- doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index fe71381..84a5dab 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ The role of the component maintainers is to: * Review patches for the component or delegate the review. The review should be done, ideally, within 1 week of submission to the mailing list. * Add an ``acked-by`` to patches, or patchsets, that are ready for committing to a tree. +* Reply to questions asked about the component. Component maintainers can be added or removed by submitting a patch to the ``MAINTAINERS`` file. Maintainers should have demonstrated a reasonable level of contributions or reviews to the component area. -- 2.7.0