Re: [MAINTAINER SUMMIT] Adding more formality around feature inclusion and ejection

["Theodore Tso" <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 04:31:49PM +0100, James Bottomley wrote:
> 
> When did this become about how our current maintainer pull system
> works?  I'm certainly not advocating changing it.

  ...

> Well I did ask for two concrete things, but I can certainly repeat:
> 
> On Fri, 2025-08-22 at 09:09 +0100, James Bottomley wrote:
> >  I think I'd be happy if we sort out two things
> > 
> >    1. That the decision be taken by more than one person rather than
> >       abdicating to last man standing

Well, if we keep the current maintainer pull system, then the natural
consequence is that it *is* up to the higher-level maintainer to make
the decision.  In the case where we don't have maintainer teams, then
it will be a single person.

So I don't know how to square your request with your assertion that
you don't want to advocate changing how our current maintainer
hierarchy works.  Could you clarify your thinking here?

Thanks,

							- Ted