Re: [PATCH 10/10] slab: Fix MAINTAINERS entry

Matthew Wilcox
2025-06-09T17:44:43Z

On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 09:42:37AM -0700, Christoph Lameter (Ampere) wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2025, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > Informally, as discussed at LSF/MM, the broad perception is that a
> > maintainer MUST be actively involved, whereas a reviewer has expertise and
> > MAY optionally get involved in the process.
>
> Both Andrew and I are actively involved in various ways but we have other
> priorities as well. If there would be an issue with maintainership then we
> would address the issue.

I mean, you're not being fired. This is just an acknowledgement that
your current role in slab is as a reviewer. People's roles change over
time and maybe your role will shift back into being primary maintainer
in the future.

From the point of view of someone who doesn't know the MM area at all,
Vlastimil is the maintainer, Andrew is his backup and you, David & Harry
have expertise in this area. That's the current state of affairs and
we should document it as such.