From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (pb-smtp2.pobox.com [64.147.108.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD17712FB2D for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:29:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=64.147.108.71 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711546158; cv=none; b=B0+0rS2zH7laM9IvrKhPk2CsCweZdSSSve8KcvOSK7HsA8fKUYU5U00Mcx/52xXgsEhl9VoSGhwzrenuHoZEG23mTeBB+6ObJS3d1bwu1VIyUWEEIWXr3yxbino519bRygVwIjK+tUXeRvsP1lXIB4dZwJuJpklw/WxH/ksBQ98= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711546158; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Xs3PLQMmhUvDw+3ohxffmkh8rOnqqgPYGKIjJe/Vlk8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=cYwEf8tHFZRSz64I/MUbkCukfzRUq/EQjMLMfPGGIEfIgarPejsjAw3Ph3g//4MEauRwt/Zehx6XBGM0LQlD0TFjBtyRPycYchoYFZep9iZG+5G72Fmz5bwGH2fGNtjALCLvNwexWEtIqA2VXGZMU2BW13jzGG3EZv7Bx37wkys= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=qx8sCoxw; arc=none smtp.client-ip=64.147.108.71 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="qx8sCoxw" Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62D171C818E; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:29:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=Xs3PLQMmhUvDw+3ohxffmkh8rOnqqgPYGKIjJe /Vlk8=; b=qx8sCoxwSxboMADxDuSc3+nGRL+oKXy/l1jgNgf55+2+qQO/QjhqeL 6ihWJfVuq0Jk7rAf88jU4anSDvJPmTER4fE+/+lsQMpwD2HkMjeGGGWQFExY7S/d nNdJ1hLJwnf+4XGa6qrtxXBsUt96kyuyr1rD0K5kOWa8H+EjhHnxI= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ACE61C818D; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:29:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.139.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BCAD91C818C; Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:29:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Linus Arver Cc: Linus Arver via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: add MAINTAINERS file In-Reply-To: (Linus Arver's message of "Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:32:55 -0700") References: Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 06:29:13 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 013BA6FC-EC3E-11EE-B941-25B3960A682E-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Linus Arver writes: > I realize that such an idea is beyond the scope of a simple MAINTAINERS > (or similar) file that's checked into the Git code repo, but I think > it's worth stating as a thought experiment. As we already have agreed that neither of us care the exact format of the file (yet), regardless of how a contributor, who is about to send a patch, will find an area "maintainer" to help the patch along the process, it is far more important to discuss and decide what responsibilities and authorities are expected of these maintainers. The development community has been fairly loosely organized so far, but I'd like to see responsibility and authority spread a bit more widely yet still not too thinly to compromise the project integrity. > The overall point I want to make is that we need to be > extra-thankful to those who sign up to say "yes, I can review > patches in areas X, Y, Z" and recognize (in a very official way) > their generosity in contributing back to this project. Yup.