From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932719AbbJ1Jbb (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2015 05:31:31 -0400 Received: from mailout1.w1.samsung.com ([210.118.77.11]:19497 "EHLO mailout1.w1.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932516AbbJ1Jb1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2015 05:31:27 -0400 X-AuditID: cbfec7f4-f79c56d0000012ee-3f-563095ec0c6a Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Start using the 'reviewer' (R) tag To: Javier Martinez Canillas , Lee Jones References: <1445960557-24328-1-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org> <20151027172428.GB21070@earth> <20151027181555.GE5828@x1> <1445971482.2757.27.camel@perches.com> <20151028082446.GF5828@x1> Cc: Wolfram Sang , Linus Walleij , Sebastian Reichel , Linux Kernel , Chanwoo Choi , Mark Brown , Ben Dooks , Joe Perches , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" From: Krzysztof Kozlowski X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-id: <563095E1.9010406@samsung.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:31:13 +0900 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFupjkeLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42I5/e/4Zd03Uw3CDI7vtraYtO4Ak8XUh0/Y LK5/ec5qce33DDaL2fcfs1i8fmFocf/rUUaLKX+WM1lsenyN1eLyrjlsFqd3l1isPDGL2YHH 4+/sVmaPv6teMHtsWtXJ5nHn2h42j81L6j2+rLrG7NG3ZRWjx8lTT1g8Pm+SC+CM4rJJSc3J LEst0rdL4MqYuewiY8Fk3oqO/1cYGxiPc3UxcnBICJhINB4s72LkBDLFJC7cW8/WxcjFISSw lFFi7YsLjBDOF0aJn68/M4NUCQu4SLxb3gtmiwiESWx9sZsdougKk8T5cyfZQRLMAv+ZJH40 CoLYbALGEpuXL2GDWCEn0ds9iQVkM6+AlsSME44gYRYBVYlT12axgtiiAhESEyc0gNm8AoIS PybfAyvnFAiW+NOTCGIyC6hLTJmSC7FIXmLzmrfMExgFZyFpmIVQNQtJ1QJG5lWMoqmlyQXF Sem5hnrFibnFpXnpesn5uZsYIbH0ZQfj4mNWhxgFOBiVeHgNKvTChFgTy4orcw8xSnAwK4nw fmsxCBPiTUmsrEotyo8vKs1JLT7EKM3BoiTOO3fX+xAhgfTEktTs1NSC1CKYLBMHp1QDY1Dt 42umlQkLzu/b7rglsVwqzk+n9JVP16Q33GFrr9y6YGb0T8KK53nlBrkuF3vmHZ38ri42d8R6 jJbefXH53/Z/3z7FJaSuvF2oJRl59479+7OL1rdfSIg7kO2S/PnrpFsJBY/j/1hfim7iPt+S e/fF6R6RW+p7/4uqNrzYlD2V7/lm221FCkosxRmJhlrMRcWJANRIdRKhAgAA Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 28.10.2015 18:21, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > Hello Lee, > (...) Let me only add something to certain part of your email... >> But you aren't maintaining the driver i.e. you don't collect patches >> and *maintain* them on an upstream branch. Granted some of you guys >> are doing a great job of maintaining branches on your downstream or >> BSP kernels, but conduct a Reviewer type role for upstream. >> >> You guys are pushing back like this is some kind of demotion. That's >> not the case at all. All it does is better describe the (very worthy) >> function you *actually* provide. >> > > But I think it makes description less accurate in fact, since without > $SUBJECT get_maintainers.pl reports for example: > > Krzysztof Kozlowski (supporter:MAXIM PMIC > AND MUIC DRIVERS FOR EXYNOS BASED BO...) > Lee Jones (supporter:MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES (MFD)) > > and after the change: > > Krzysztof Kozlowski (reviewer) > Lee Jones (supporter:MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES (MFD)) > > He also works for Samsung so the driver is not only maintained but > supported since he can actually take care of it as a part of his day > job (if I understood correctly). Oh, that's interesting semantic change. Yes, in that particular case, I added the "supported" tag on purpose - it's part of my job. It is connected with what I said in other reply - we have deep interest in these drivers. Not only "I will review the code if I have the time". No. I will devote my time to ensure that the code is working on our products. Best regards, Krzysztof