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 ESMTP id DDBAE9C3 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 18:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.zytor.com (terminus.zytor.com [198.137.202.10]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D60E320278 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 18:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <5384D7A2.8070504@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 11:21:22 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Bottomley , Trond Myklebust References: <1400925225.6956.25.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> <1400952709.6956.50.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> In-Reply-To: <1400952709.6956.50.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TOPIC] Encouraging more reviewers List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 05/24/2014 10:31 AM, James Bottomley wrote: >> >> You are assuming that organising reviews of patches is the >> responsibility of the maintainer. > > Actually, I don't believe I said that anywhere ... however, I do see, at > least in my subsystem, that the Maintainer is the reviewer of last > resort, so my selfish reason for wanting more reviewers is to offload > that from me. > And far too frequently that is the only reviewer available. Being a kernel maintainer is a very challenging task, combining a lot of disciplines -- you have to review, architect, manage, educate/mentor, and depending on your exact employment you may have to manage a "real" career depending on just how much the maintainer job overlaps your "real" job. -hpa