linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [RFC PATCH 3/3] libnvdimm, MAINTAINERS: Subsystem Profile

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 03:39:47 -0800
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "Jiang, Dave" <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        "ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org" 
        <ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        "Verma, Vishal L" <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "zwisler@...nel.org" <zwisler@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [RFC PATCH 3/3] libnvdimm, MAINTAINERS:
 Subsystem Profile

Em Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:43:51 -0800
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> escreveu:

> On Thu, 2018-11-15 at 19:40 +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > > I would recommend to remove this section at all.
> > > New maintainers won't come out of blue, but will be come
> > > from existing community and such individuals for sure will see
> > > and judge by themselves to whom they trust and to whom not.  
> > 
> > Perhaps this is more of a hint to contributors than to maintainers
> > (see earlier discussion on who is the target audience for these documents).
> > 
> > It would help contributors know some names of useful reviewers (and
> > thus this list should be picked up by scripts/get_maintainer.pl to help
> > the user compose Cc: lists for e-mail patches).  
> 
> Trusted reviewers should be specifically listed
> in the MAINTAINERS file with an "R:" entry.
> 
> get_maintainers should not look anywhere else.

I know that making get_maintainers to look elsewhere can make it more
complex and slower, but IMHO, by having a per-subsystem profile, this is
unavoidable.

The thing is that touching at a single MAINTAINERS file every time a new
reviewer comes is painful. Also, MAINTAINERS file format doesn't allow
adding free text explaining the criteria for someone to become a
reviewer.

IMO, having reviewers on a per-subsystem file, where one could explain
the criteria for being added there will make easier to attract more
reviewers.

Cheers,
Mauro