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 C6C74F36 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vk0-f67.google.com (mail-vk0-f67.google.com [209.85.213.67]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58FBE8D for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vk0-f67.google.com with SMTP id w193-v6so1539942vke.2 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 03:30:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1536592110.4035.5.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <2620504.doLR7ekjFm@avalon> <878t482zki.fsf@intel.com> In-Reply-To: From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:30:12 +0200 Message-ID: To: Daniel Vetter Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Cc: James Bottomley , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINER SUMMIT] community management/subsystem governance List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Daniel, On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:17 PM Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:01 PM Daniel Vetter wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven > >> wrote: > >> > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:44 AM Jani Nikula wrote: > >> >> On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > >> >> > That's also one of my concerns. The differences between subsystems that all > >> >> > use an email-based review process can already be confusing, or just annoying > >> >> > to handle, especially when specific tools are mandated (the DRM dim tool or > >> >> > the ARM patch system come to mind). > >> >> > >> >> Note that you don't need to use dim unless you become a committer or a > >> >> maintainer to a tree that's maintained using dim. > >> > > >> > Which unfortunately cannot be said about the ARM patch system... > >> > >> Is there some docs about this ARM patch systems? Or just a link to > >> what it is? I've never heard of it, until this thread here. > > > > http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/info.php > > Thanks. > > > It does take git-send-email patches, IFF they follow the rules. > > > > I've just discovered it's even linked to from Documentation/arm/README, > > which is horridly out-of-date (2.6? FTP?). > > From a quick look: This is essentially another reimplementation of the > patchwork idea (but probably predating that)? With the difference it's > not all that accepting as patchwork, and it doesn't just automatically > read a mailing list en-passant. Or am I off the mark? That's correct. It is meant for reviewed patches only. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds