From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C5CC001DE for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229456AbjGSRzL (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:55:11 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40108 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229447AbjGSRzK (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:55:10 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCCD51FC1; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:55:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5255D617D2; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:55:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B34B8C433CB; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:55:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1689789308; bh=VAHpwDmbVb7vAmsueO0gxYld9Kz+/rC90JncY/i+0Z8=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:From; b=pUtLQqEmUh6jrfGRA9xHjt27XPhzYdfbSDgpz8mdy3PCA3IPTuWwydcfqHkfDveHB qAxdNREGLUGdYWYdl7QKIoXLvV+zmEC9IwW1N0D4EUuLtSVTxwjCQpQtnoRwLo2Jhg nlPgMrMD+gnyCrWkquB+7hI/1Qcd6WKQkOGGtf36q4LlIyJ1UrjNiuJz1+rJ3LkY3i KGn9QzJWPYUnyOmE9+F0opil4iPTVx52VXVI79bHt3C5adIA+0xaujCQb+agz0evf8 aXDsWWsn6O+hPrxqh0lm4XuEZa7/oBrPTxiaPMtRmlRyejxHZzhG5ltF7XXAFg/k/w aXKlCAekLo8PQ== Received: by mail-lj1-f180.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2b701e1c80fso106457761fa.2; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:55:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLZNIV0LKMXvNar4J8WjtznIksPbpowl47En8ulxPUx7jqybpEHE 39jztkQTSuKTq6284rYPCm1bbD8YvXU+IRF2sA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlGL/kk3oHY6k1yfq7SsCPop3Wy3YQQE6Qzgt85P636iSCY98TK7gwsRHy3ktZQQSAMhuBPDa2ZKFWJ9nqnLjNM= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:97c8:0:b0:2b6:a3b0:f4d3 with SMTP id m8-20020a2e97c8000000b002b6a3b0f4d3mr440245ljj.26.1689789306681; Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:55:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@kernel.org> From: Rob Herring Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:54:53 -0600 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v2] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: corbet@lwn.net, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux@leemhuis.info, broonie@kernel.org, krzk@kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 10:00=E2=80=AFAM Jakub Kicinski w= rote: > > We appear to have a gap in our process docs. We go into detail > on how to contribute code to the kernel, and how to be a subsystem > maintainer. I can't find any docs directed towards the thousands > of small scale maintainers, like folks maintaining a single driver > or a single network protocol. I think the split is great. It would be even better if this distinction could be made in MAINTAINERS and then the tools could use that. For example, on treewide changes on Cc subsystem maintainers and skip driver maintainers. The problem right now is Cc'ing everyone quickly hits maillist moderation for too many recipients. Rob