From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5644C433E6 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:53:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F39823136 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:53:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727899AbhAOQx3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:53:29 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:36120 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726970AbhAOQx2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:53:28 -0500 Received: from lwn.net (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 280B8614D; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:52:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 280B8614D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1610729568; bh=7VkGsCvR1km/mioSiHbHP45lykLsrwe8rUibzc6hfCQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=m/9gfY72TImnlsZPWNX6vggnVMXdpZ66zWenN3Xd/mzj5UaeGtC53kVwdwL9fL7X8 OoJ48FIGRgpDMvKtnaax1lkArYPRAcSTkMh0nQrYoTutm9UFt8P05a94a5Y8nAzEAR JZJXpIcZlH526EPYYjSBFGzNsIHSid0d8BP6Kl8WJa0FApM74VPvknwsBSWOS+LeuX IReS+X6tIlNM/de8SjrGqnDY1JZsprKXpwTHjwfrBdjAIC7suKFMXT0HDkN8ULBFry utrGy+XPI2hiCrZYqmXrk/VwX6urPfnlsmY3P/nyn17zYoqi+v4iEKDucZVTMfblrn IfcvlBO6FyrcQ== Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:52:46 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Lukas Bulwahn Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Pia Eichinger , Ralf Ramsauer , Wolfgang Mauerer Subject: Re: Related work to MAINTAINERS truth and fiction Message-ID: <20210115095246.653748af@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:57:51 +0100 Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > Pia Eichinger has done some related analysis and work in this area as > part of her bachelor's thesis on Maintainers Expectations vs. > Maintainers Reality: An Analysis of Organisational and Maintenance > Structure of the Linux Kernel. Simply quoting her conclusion: > > "We showed that around 20% of all patches were theoretically wrongly > integrated when strictly analysing MAINTAINERS. The reality of > integration and maintenance structure is more complicated than that, > which we also explored. Furthermore, we identified 12 major subsystems > of the Linux kernel. This is very helpful for an overview of the > organisational structure, realistic grouping of subsystems and further > Linux kernel topology discussions." > > Announcement and thesis here: > https://lists.elisa.tech/g/devel/message/1269 > https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ta2YxgEzEfrIcmWid8kwIyVEywbUjbA/view?usp=sharing Interesting, I was completely unaware of this work. I blame Wolfgang, who should have pointed it out to me :) Thanks, jon