linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Add "R:" designated-reviewers tag

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Message-ID: <1401734669.7323.20.camel@joe-AO725>
Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:44:29 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	josh@...htriplett.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	sbw@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Add "R:" designated-reviewers tag

On Mon, 2014-06-02 at 11:16 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> But there have been people who have found serious issues in RCU patches
> who I would not trust as full maintainers.  The ability to find defects
> is valuable in and of itself, and should be recognized as such, even
> when not accompanied by the rest of the maintainership package.

Maybe, but odd-lot reviewers are most likely going to find
these same defects regardless of any "R" designation in
MAINTAINERS.


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