From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A6CA35BDDC; Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:03:29 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776107011; cv=none; b=hDTuCOV157vx+H3oIZzp6YKc/bUYLfKp4RI2qwVn9WQF5K96rtsqKqi+jwUv+EMsPMd8qJYTaVczIyAfFqarLFgGE01Phgn8J4ah8y6xL13bOdZzzVgK12V06r85U8wcnoxH15JeqKBnBV3VrqmfcHRxwShKK8E1DhO9qYfF08Y= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776107011; c=relaxed/simple; bh=PYUq7g8rdm958akGZ3XUgNx9skG3NIVGchkQTTk33os=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=szYGiTfIy5AyYevbytbgjfGIydCmv17pujw9v4r0JWnVYO1/jTYi9tOohYIfJlikAYO0XIIDZvqmrVM4Vk5l0m9Z2cVQORgiPOaOQmGuXXJWEZwZv174c5PV32hmV3keRLBy9XFJrYSp4zl1ntXBljZUg7q9cGkcrZElKKEJXc8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=Nenmv7dP; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="Nenmv7dP" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 55D8E41084 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1776107009; bh=uIjiAYkHIVqj3YY4+31pUtOWCeJOQ6EWGMupRVVLLlo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Nenmv7dPFdS/TSHR7vWui6V+Y8gc5A4ReaJx99zedEn9M4LgT8bdXMQLSYpE4gU3B GK0yz3vKvgEVtl+7n6+27FIvOoFGA7Vp4WpzXeoPM0fE+BIOrcnTb38WlH+OpfZ9m/ nPvMNBk4t0YmTq5WccTncJSo6FtxVolTUt94qVRTrjxELeXZwf5x/MetC8T9V5ngha WwxyxEKTcKzjhflq9/8OvEdYv5qA460ionijyHxapBMeRoL079SdfJn8JAUL42H+fo CvyMGN8jTIC3l232hACycvBiI+TdxYDJGjIkeCN/dtF43YpG4Q1AOP66dSo15TUMRj nJazYzj911/MQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 55D8E41084; Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:03:29 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Randy Dunlap , Linux Documentation , Linux Kernel Mailing List Cc: Linux Kernel Workflows Subject: Re: maintainer profiles In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:03:28 -0600 Message-ID: <87wlyawum7.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Randy Dunlap writes: > Hi, > > Is there supposed to be a difference (or distinction) in the contents of > > Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst > and > Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst > ? > > Can they be combined into one location? Late to the party, sorry ... the original idea, I believe, was that maintainer-handbooks.rst would be for developers looking for a guidebook for a specific subsystem, while maintainer-entry-profile.rst was about how maintainers themselves should write their subsystem guide. Doubtless things have drifted since then... But the intended audiences were different, so it might be good to think about bringing them back into focus. jon