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 9E1EEC9E for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vs1-f67.google.com (mail-vs1-f67.google.com [209.85.217.67]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4347E42D for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vs1-f67.google.com with SMTP id s188-v6so307533vss.9 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:47:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180917100413.22eac00d@coco.lan> <2072478.UYspZ1xLTN@avalon> <20180917115916.37fd5388@coco.lan> <84635b80-5ada-11be-ef1f-120333351945@microchip.com> In-Reply-To: <84635b80-5ada-11be-ef1f-120333351945@microchip.com> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:47:25 +0200 Message-ID: To: Nicolas Ferre Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , 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: , On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 9:37 AM Nicolas Ferre wrote: > On 18/09/2018 at 00:39, Dave Airlie wrote: > >> This is a valid point: whatever development process is used, drive-by > >> contributors should be allowed to send e-mails without needing to subscribe > >> (neither to a moderated list nor to a web-UI). I don't care how the > >> maintainer will handle such patches, provided that they will be properly > >> handled. > >> > > It really depends on what type of one-off contributor they are. > > > > Setting up git send-email isn't trivial for everyone, if you are a > > gmail user and work for a company that doesn't embrace smtp so much, > > Indeed, an always recommencing uphill battle of Open Source group of > engineers in an "Enterprise" environment... This is not limited to Open Source cooperation. When people from multiple companies are working together in other areas, it is not uncommon for some of them to be blocked from access to collaboration tools in the same "Enterprise" environment. 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