Re: [PATCH 1/2] Docs/mm/damon/maintainer-profile: introduce HacKerMaiL

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

Hi,

On 6/20/24 3:03 PM, SeongJae Park wrote:
> Since DAMON has merged into the mainline, I periodically received some
> questions around DAMON's mailing lists based workflow.  The workflow is
> not different from the normal ones that well documented, but it is also
> true that it is not always easy and familiar for everyone.
> 
> I personally overcame it by developing and using a simple tool, named
> HacKerMaiL (hkml)[1].  Based on my experience, I believe it is matured
> enough to be used for simple workflows like that of DAMON.  Actually
> some DAMON contributors and Linux kernel developers other than myself
> told me they are using the tool.
> 
> As DAMON maintainer, I also believe helping new DAMON community members
> onboarding to the worklow is one of the most important parts of my
> responsibilities.  For the reason, the tool is announced[2] to support
> DAMON community.  To further increasing the visibility of the fact,
> document the tool and the support plan on DAMON maintainer's profile.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail
> [2] https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail/commit/3909dad91301
> 
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst
> index 8213cf61d38a..aede61f2d6a8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst
> @@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ Mon-Fri) in PT (Pacific Time).  The response to patches will occasionally be
>  slow.  Do not hesitate to send a ping if you have not heard back within a week
>  of sending a patch.
>  
> +Mailing tool
> +------------
> +
> +Like many other Linux kernel subsystems, DAMON uses the mailing lists
> +(damon@lists.linux.dev and linux-mm@kvack.org) as the major communication
> +channel.  There is a simple tool called HacKerMaiL (``hkml``) [8]_ , which is
> +for people who are not very faimiliar with the mailing lists based

                               familiar

> +communication.  The tool could particularly helpful for DAMON community members

                   The tool could be particularly helpful

> +since it is developed and maintained by DAMON maintainer.  The tool is also
> +officially announced to support DAMON and general Linux kernel developement

                                                                  development

> +workflow.
> +
> +In other words, ``hkml`` [8]_ is a mailing tool for DAMON community, which
> +DAMON maintainer is committed to support.  Please feel free to try and report
> +issues or feature requests for the tool to the maintainer.
> +
>  
>  .. [1] https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-unstable
>  .. [2] https://git.kernel.org/sj/h/damon/next
> @@ -61,3 +77,4 @@ of sending a patch.
>  .. [5] https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/blob/master/corr/tests/kunit.sh
>  .. [6] https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/tree/master/corr
>  .. [7] https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/tree/master/perf
> +.. [8] https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail

-- 
~Randy