Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: List arch/arm64/configs/ explicitly

[Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 07:48:15PM +0200, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> On 18/04/2019 19:25, Olof Johansson wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 6:53 AM Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> >>
> >> As it stands, get_maintainer.pl scans the changelog to determine the
> >> recipients for arm64 defconfig patches:
> >>
> >> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
> >> Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> (maintainer:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE))
> >> Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> (maintainer:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE))
> >> Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> (commit_signer:10/73=14%)
> >> Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au> (commit_signer:9/73=12%)
> >> Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com> (commit_signer:8/73=11%)
> >> Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> (commit_signer:8/73=11%,added_lines:39/248=16%,removed_lines:63/135=47%)
> >> Andy Gross <andy.gross@linaro.org> (commit_signer:8/73=11%)
> >> Jagan Teki <jagan@amarulasolutions.com> (authored:7/73=10%)
> >> Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> (authored:7/73=10%,added_lines:32/248=13%)
> >> Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com> (authored:5/73=7%,added_lines:29/248=12%)
> >> Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com> (authored:4/73=5%)
> >> Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com> (authored:4/73=5%)
> >> Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@free.fr> (added_lines:53/248=21%,removed_lines:63/135=47%)
> >> linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated list:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE))
> >> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
> >>
> >> Explicitly list arch/arm64/configs/ in order to limit the recipients
> >> list to AArch64 maintainers, and protect the innocent:
> >>
> >> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
> >> Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> (maintainer:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE))
> >> Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> (maintainer:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE))
> >> linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated list:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE))
> >> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@free.fr>
> > 
> > This is inaccurate, most defconfig updates come in through arm-soc
> > since most of them are platform related.
> 
> What is inaccurate? My assessment of the situation?
> ("As it stands, get_maintainer.pl scans the changelog to determine
> the recipients for arm64 defconfig patches.")

The list of maintainers is inaccurate.

In general, defconfig updates should go in through the respective platform
maintainers for platform-related changes. For architecture related changes,
it'll go through Catalin/Will).

> > For core features, Will and Catalin are there right maintainers. For
> > platform options, they usually go to the platform maintainers and then
> > to us.
> > 
> > So, if you're turning on a feature for an SoC, send it to said
> > SoC/platform maintainer.
> 
> I want to stop receiving defconfig patches, just because I poked
> the file a few months ago.

The way maintenance of the file is setup, there's no good way to write
a maintainer entry for it. None of us want these patches directly.

We've dealt with this just fine for years on 32-bit ARM.

Feel free to just delete these patches when you receive them.


-Olof

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