From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (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 B909720FA0 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A099171A; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:53:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:73::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 D3E8499C; Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:53:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net D3E8499C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1689969189; bh=Bhtz84t4fOs3g02T6j4nqwRic//QC3BmMDYoL6IlI6w=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=P6sbYBVqAJzedJJOaX/sYgWJUYCPlaAkZvcl36C+oqAmXPCf2HcF1njUCgg3SG9yN K5uHxBV5JDt98XspxsudvtUIVg2dJK3spBmETRQh3/RKv1P+f0Hz1f7NG7OE2yyPbC gcWUuqQkfBPXG/hT93G9IhfGiucYyFwxAAwnYess7wi/s0Rb70xzETAcX4E0uWZgIv +Ith6ejLSGVCl8FVoU8HaSa3W4j85aFKoYqdqkN8a1PUOYN7MtDvef7B0ubxR3VYWl QOicjDPuZw2Y70HnKC9bM2rKuAlw/La6ZBp+pz6XaojPFYvi7HKJ4uPFtMdqn08DrE +1olhNBHNsihg== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Jakub Kicinski , Andrew Lunn , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Mark Brown , Leon Romanovsky , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux@leemhuis.info, kvalo@kernel.org, benjamin.poirier@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v3] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers In-Reply-To: <20230719183225.1827100-1-kuba@kernel.org> References: <20230719183225.1827100-1-kuba@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:53:08 -0600 Message-ID: <87351hdot7.fsf@meer.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Jakub Kicinski writes: > 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. > > Document our expectations and best practices. I'm hoping this doc > will be particularly useful to set expectations with HW vendors. > > Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski > Reviewed-by: Mark Brown > Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski > --- > v3: > - clarify that mailings list in addition to humans is fine (Mark) > - reword the "review from one maintainer is enough" (Benjamin) > - grammar fixes (Benjamin, Shannon) > - typos (Andrew, Shannon) > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@kernel.org/ > - use Thorsten's wording for bug fixing requirements > - put more words into the review/response timeline expectations > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230713223432.1501133-1-kuba@kernel.org/ It sure seems to me that the time has come to apply this before I need a bigger disk to hold all the Reviewed-by tags ... :) So I have done so, thanks. jon