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 E971F111A9 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:36:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 147F2C433C7; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:36:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1689791783; bh=i0UCInbZcP5QkOgVWTWoZZYo5sBM7w7AUy/qgXJAKqA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=OtcJycs603KfeRaT7rm5I5qvi48ExseEPsUdOgdmUBJ+C9LuJxtAuAQ2gk3ug8Kg+ Hfq7atKHckdBgbpkYNQOeTF327nRkSySRlK/1pLVPoCrXFf37SPu7KutRPZHnw1Uwf L+MM7I2XhptQuRIWhhM/vRuFHrF7vq8xbLORk8CKC517+UpSu0juNbFRxe391V6fnz algtCABm3I8s9kfiJwZYCO8tvF4ITYt47UZyLSau7rsGSRzCLNzwfRS74BPhRPI553 nHxZNYeqsMN9q941DQUgojKWi3PrZxnyrPUELjCMjzJk3Ax4GitepwC9AtARTMXvAx f2ap+e9JCDMQw== Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:36:22 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Rob Herring Cc: corbet@lwn.net, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux@leemhuis.info, broonie@kernel.org, krzk@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v2] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers Message-ID: <20230719113622.27afb5f0@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@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 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:54:53 -0600 Rob Herring wrote: > > We appear to have a gap in our process docs. We go into detail > > on how to contribute code to the kernel, and how to be a subsystem > > maintainer. I can't find any docs directed towards the thousands > > of small scale maintainers, like folks maintaining a single driver > > or a single network protocol. > > I think the split is great. It would be even better if this > distinction could be made in MAINTAINERS and then the tools could use > that. For example, on treewide changes on Cc subsystem maintainers and > skip driver maintainers. The problem right now is Cc'ing everyone > quickly hits maillist moderation for too many recipients. Interesting idea. I wonder how much of this can be accomplished by improvements to get_maintainers and interpreting what we already have. There are inverse annoyances, too, where patches for subsystems get CCed all the way up the hierarchy and including linux-kernel@ for not apparent reason. We have to go sprinkle X: entries in MAINTAINERS currently to prevent it. In any case, I think that's a bit tangential. I sent a v3 already 'cause people kept reporting the same typoes :)