From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53894C46 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:45:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com [148.163.156.1]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DCCBF3F9 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:45:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pps.filterd (m0098393.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.21/8.16.0.21) with SMTP id v9UIiVgp081870 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:45:23 -0400 Received: from e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com (e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com [195.75.94.106]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2dx6t8hm4b-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:45:23 -0400 Received: from localhost by e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:45:21 -0000 From: Mimi Zohar To: Dan Williams , Bart Van Assche Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:45:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <20171029100816.pmq5dpmck4cclmdw@thunk.org> <1509380953.3660.28.camel@wdc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1509389116.3583.173.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Maintainer's Summit 2017 Feedback Thread List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 2017-10-30 at 09:32 -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote: > > On Sun, 2017-10-29 at 06:08 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > >> Please reply to this thread if you have any comments about how we can > >> organize the Maintainer's Summit for next year. Given that Linus > >> seemed fairly happy with how things went, it's likely we will stick > >> with the same format for next year, but if there are any details about > >> how we could do things better, I'd greatly appreciate them. > > > > Hello Ted, > > > > Something that surprised me is although I'm reading Linus' replies to pull > > requests that appear on the LKML mailing list that during the maintainer > > summit I learned more about what Linus expects from maintainers than by > > reading Linus' e-mails. I think this shows that reading Linus' e-mails is > > not enough to learn what Linus expects from maintainers. This made me wonder > > how maintainers are informed about what is expected from them, especially > > new maintainers? Do we perhaps need a document in the kernel tree that > > explains what is expected from maintainers? Is there a summary of what Linus said? > Yes, we do. Especially with the number of people that are sending pull > requests directly to Linus. I am taking a look at putting a first > draft of such a document together in the next week or so. Much appreciated! Any chance it will be out before the next open window? Mimi