Re: New vger mailing list request - linux-firmware

Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-08T16:19:54Z

On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 02:53:22PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> writes:
>
> > Dear vger postmaster,
> >
> > I think its time for a linux-firmware mailing list. If one is possible
> > on vger that'd be great, otherwise let me know and I can look for an
> > alternative outlet.
> >
> > I've been giving linux-firmware some good love as of late. One of the
> > issues I have seen with old commits had been lack of eyeball reviews,
> > and and also ensuring the "right people" do review and get CC'd. While
> > I do tend to CC everyone and their mom, its easy for me to know who
> > should be as I'm maintaining the code now -- but I see some folks fail
> > to capture everyone I know should be reviewing things or might like to
> > get Cc'd on such topics. Tools like checkpatch help but its not
> > perfect and now everyone use it. Instead of CC'ing everyone I know
> > should be Cc'd on linux-firmware stuff I think its time for a proper
> > mailing list for it.
> >
> > This should also help with reviewing old patches and letting new folks
> > engage more easily by looking at specific dedicate archive of what's
> > going on.
>
> There's already linux-firmware@kernel.org (an alias I think, not sure)

Ah, yes thanks.

> for submitting patches to linux-firmware.git. I think it will be
> confusing if we will have two separate linux-firmware destinations under
> kernel.org domain:
>
> linux-firmware@kernel.org
> linux-firmware@vger.kernel.org
>
> Maybe rename the new list to linux-fw-dev@vger.kernel.org or something
> like that to make it more obvious which one is which?

Yeah good call. That's fine by me, but I'll leave it to postmaster to
also decide.

Luis