linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [RFC PATCH 2/3] MAINTAINERS, Handbook: Subsystem Profile

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Message-ID: <ad84cf38-279e-1e14-9635-23ad2efe584d@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 08:47:51 -0800
From:   Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     vishal.l.verma@...el.com,
        ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Steve French <stfrench@...rosoft.com>,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [RFC PATCH 2/3] MAINTAINERS, Handbook:
 Subsystem Profile

On 11/15/18 4:11 PM, Frank Rowand wrote:
> On 11/14/18 8:53 PM, Dan Williams wrote:

< snip >

>> +
>> +
>> +Time Zone / Office Hours
>> +------------------------
>> +Let contributors know the time of day when one or more maintainers are
>> +usually actively monitoring the mailing list.
> 
> I would strike "actively monitoring the mailing list".  To me, it should
> be what are the hours of the day that the maintainer might happen to poll
> (or might receive an interrupt) from the appropriate communications
> channels (could be IRC, could be email, etc).
> 
> For my area, I would want to say something like: I tend to be active
> between 17:00 UTC (18:00 UTC when daylight savings) and 25:00 (26:00),
> but often will check for urgent or brief items up until 07:00 (08:00).
> I interact with email via a poll model.  I interact with IRC via a
> pull model and often overlook IRC activity for multiple days).

  ^^^^ typo, that should be "poll", not "pull"

> 
> -Frank
> 

>