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 7731FED0 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:10:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ua1-f66.google.com (mail-ua1-f66.google.com [209.85.222.66]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DBBE6102 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:10:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ua1-f66.google.com with SMTP id 101-v6so19961089uav.7 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 03:10:10 -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 12:09:57 +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 12:01 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 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 I've just discovered it's even linked to from Documentation/arm/README, which is horridly out-of-date (2.6?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?). 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