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 D32D9BAE for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:36:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mezzanine.sirena.org.uk (mezzanine.sirena.org.uk [106.187.55.193]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 33FCC1CA for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:36:35 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:36:09 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: James Bottomley Message-ID: <20170426153609.nozwvpmk2cwswyzo@sirena.org.uk> References: <20188905.kHbMkj7sB6@avalon> <1834084.5qZ8rLimvk@avalon> <1492631703.3217.30.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <3f55980c-1e8d-c841-2555-472ed10eb2fc@sandisk.com> <20170426084253.yvxyzb3khh2fej4j@mwanda> <1493218957.2632.1.camel@sandisk.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5gwpegbtdawujcw5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , "airlied@linux.ie" , "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "dledford@redhat.com" , Bart Van Assche , "mingo@kernel.org" , "dan.carpenter@oracle.com" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] "Maintainer summit" invitation discussion List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --5gwpegbtdawujcw5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:25:12AM -0400, James Bottomley wrote: > On April 26, 2017 11:02:39 AM EDT, Bart Van Assche wrote: > >In my e-mail I was referring to the code under=A0drivers/target and > >drivers/md/dm*. With all due respect, I don't think that Andrew is > >familiar > >enough with these code bases to accept patches for these subsystems. > I think what Dan is referring to is that Andrew used to have an > override the maintainer role. He'd take a patch and send out the > usual email forcing a nak if it shouldn't go upstream. I.e forcing at > least a response. You don't need more than a mechanical review to do > this because you're challenging the maintainer to respond.=20 Or to put it another way at some point if nobody else is doing any work in the area then whoever is becomes our best expert on it. --5gwpegbtdawujcw5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCAAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAlkAvmYACgkQJNaLcl1U h9B9Swf7BW04ucy13qis4Md+RcU+1wyhN0YWoz0vkyMv8krNP7JR+/1tuJgq0Egv LLJ/E4r7qul4MoEGiYorany9QksaWIHP59Vdo5JwoHZrD0T3VvcwW19WZmUFAEob F32ibOnqpurLpdTTQY6+sajq2nL3SRbZOOtU4AWWyku8L5AKERdJIlvguZoL0X8D Hh2Km5yDC5AmLu24qXAg4hZg7r9uSWmahBN4SnGd03xC0DM/OCWDV9f6z9O7khYB alU+PjYf1CLkVycVixy6o/0dNH5+Od8e14JyJDC6g4OR2QS20SeJLUGxepmxUcdm /eXtp9RVgA/rKP/slxDzRpggnAa6ng== =A4HR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5gwpegbtdawujcw5--