From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 249891078E for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:18:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5D9E7C433C8; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:18:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1687277881; bh=wBA0Y9Ha6H9ZxemUE1WcIWZcdsauUIHysTV95xMBlbk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=szyVySQzzS8HwDYR6rOQ7eMA98hrqGmEHdDyArc/vFhMv5MBwwTPO+dCIKe8dwVAx /I3xmOA2A7pjhqaMUWqkYtMJccFXzhV6NdbHx4k8McuNZINpM8bQAXWlMFZS1zJEAW Geuhcpk/Mj9/9LjyphIaKdqHrRPZnIBBjf9FPvTBjZHFT4qYhgd3gUyk3ok0ivsuna YU0wj5N4tyVAkaOvhqWnuvbF7RwBeq1P2gK7usgYTAwifD8kLQ7FsyGqPlo5u4+yXB 1f32qZKJAcEmiCTy49yga2KxQYNZk05Ie6JXzo1zkEngDI9iERp4Y0z2wz7sjUOlpy 6jjPSFlBxvFdg== Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:18:00 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Veerasenareddy Burru Cc: Sathesh B Edara , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Satananda Burla , "davem@davemloft.net" , "edumazet@google.com" , "pabeni@redhat.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update email addresses of octeon_ep driver maintainers Message-ID: <20230620091800.736bf269@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20230616101229.1e7339f0@kernel.org> References: <20230615121057.135003-1-sedara@marvell.com> <20230615101311.34f5199e@kernel.org> <20230616101229.1e7339f0@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:12:29 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > Sathesh will also be maintaining and submitting the changes for > > octeon_ep drivers, going forward. > > > > Is the right way for this is, add Sathesh to MAINTAINERS list along > > with his first patch/patchset submission ? > > The patch is perfectly fine. Please see my question as half survey half > commitment device. I don't think we have a crisp enough understanding > of responsibilities of "corporate" maintainers. It always worries me > when I see someone who never (AFAICT) sent an email to the list before > get nominated as a maintainer. > > So I'd like to hear from Sathesh, clearly stated, what responsibilities > and SLAs he's taking on. Once we gather input of this nature from a > handful of maintainers maybe we can distill a guide in > Documentation/process/... Let me suggest one responsibility: - reply to maintainers' questions in a timely manner... Please repost with the answer folded into the commit message once you figure out what to say. -- pw-bot: cr