Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Time to call it quits for the maintainer summit?

["Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 08:10:21AM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote:
...
> I think people really have a misconception about what goes on at the
> maintainer summit, the best explanation I've been given was that it is
> Linus's staff meeting. The people that Linus works with closest, get
> invited to talk to Linus and help him figure out where the overall
> ship is going and where things are going wrong.
...
> Your language choice already makes it feel like you see it as some
> elite or special group. It's a bunch of technical project managers
> talking about the processes of producing the kernel. If a talk about
> the technical content of the kernel sneaks in it's very rare and also
> usually not of interest to half the room.
...
>
> > I mean I don't know, maybe it's necessary to run it as a tight ship of
> > trusted people, but I think we should at least be more clear about that.

I mean this is kinda my point.

It is being advertised as X but is actually Y. So say it's Y.

That's not what Ted's posts or the write ups or generally any comms about the MS
say it is.

The CFP-ish bit is probably pretty redundant too on this basis?

> >
> > However I wonder whether we should look at an alternative approach like
> > those with M: entries in MAINTAINERS voting on topics, or something
> > similar.
>
> Voting on what though, I'm already over the number of times
> maintainers with small potato problems think that the lives of
> maintainers with big potato problems would be much simpler if they
> just adopted their niche one-person mutt based review process.

Ah good to know core mm is small potatoes ;)

>
> Dave.

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Cheers, Lorenzo