linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Start using the 'reviewer' (R) tag

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Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:24:29 +0100
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	broonie@...nel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org, wsa@...-dreams.de,
	ben-linux@...ff.org, cw00.choi@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Start using the 'reviewer' (R) tag

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 03:42:37PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> Since eafbaac ("MAINTAINERS: Add "R:" designated-reviewers tag") we
> have been able to tag specific people as Reviewers.  These are key
> individuals who are tasked with or volunteer to review code submitted
> to a subsystem or specific file.  However, according to MAINTAINERS
> we have 1046 Maintainers and only a mere 22 Reviewers.  I believe
> these numbers to be incorrect, as many of these Maintainers are in
> fact Reviewers.
> 
> I have taken the time to identify some of the Reviewers who pertain
> to subsystems which I look after, and have changed their status from
> Maintainer (collector of patches) to Reviewer (reviewer of code).

[for drivers/power/*]
Acked-By: Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>

I think you should CC the people, which are changed from "M:" to
"R:", though.

-- Sebastian

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