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 57897919 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:42:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81D41E5 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:42:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Jani Nikula To: Daniel Vetter , "ksummit-discuss\@lists.linuxfoundation.org" In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:42:11 +0300 Message-ID: <87a8gwtut8.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Grant Likely , Dave Airlie , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] (group) maintainership models List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, Daniel Vetter wrote: > In my very first KS I found the maintainership model presentations > (x86-tip & armsoc) rather interesting. And last year we've had an > ad-hoc discussion about group maintainership again. I think drm&i915 > would be an interesting case since over the past year I've done some > changes which are at the edge of what's common in the kernel, and it > seems to work (at least for us) fairly well. I discussed this a bit > with a few folks at ELC San Diego too. > > Short summary: i915 has now a two-level maintenance model with 2 > maintainers (who take the blame) and 15 people who can push patches. Having joined this particular ride at the point of going from one to two maintainers (which was really a bigger workflow and tooling change than adding the rest), I'd like to join the discussion. BR, Jani. > In a way a rather big group, but not so big that people don't all know > each another any more personally. We have some detailed docs about the > patch flow and expectations: > > https://01.org/linuxgraphics/gfx-docs/maintainer-tools/drm-intel.html > > and about the dim tool used to support this all > > https://01.org/linuxgraphics/gfx-docs/maintainer-tools/dim.html > > But I think the more interesting bits are why I decided to try this > out, what I hoped would happen, what I feared might happen. And with 1 > year of experience, what actually happens and what I think is needed > to make this work and an actual benefit over more traditional > maintainer models. And of course I'd like to compare notes with other > group maintainers. > > Cheers, Daniel -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center