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Date:   Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:19:07 +0800
From:   Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@...i.sm>, robh@...nel.org,
        kernel@...i.sm, s.hauer@...gutronix.de, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        festevam@...il.com, linux-imx@....com, mchehab@...nel.org,
        Anson.Huang@....com, agx@...xcpu.org, angus@...ea.ca,
        broonie@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] MAINTAINERS: Add Purism Librem 5 section to the
 list

On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 08:32:01AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-08-30 at 21:15 +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 02:17:54PM +0200, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> > > Add development information for the devicetree files for hardware
> > > by Purism SPC.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@...i.sm>
> > 
> > I decided to drop this patch from my queue, as I took the suggestion
> > from Joe and sent a patch to have get_maintainer report email address
> > in the dts file.
> 
> It's OK to find maintainers in files, but what about the
> B: bug reporting and T: source code repository location lines,
> 
> Those seem useful.

Hmm, I doubt they are practically useful for just a number of dts files.
They are more used for out-of-tree Librem5 kernel drivers, I guess.

Shawn

> 
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
> > > @@ -14061,6 +14061,13 @@ T:	git git://linuxtv.org/media_tree.git
> > >  F:	Documentation/admin-guide/media/pulse8-cec.rst
> > >  F:	drivers/media/cec/usb/pulse8/
> > >  
> > > +PURISM LIBREM 5
> > > +M:	Purism Kernel Team <kernel@...i.sm>
> 
> People feel like their mails go into a void when no
> responses happen after sending to nameless addresses.
> 
> It's better to have a named individual as a maintainer
> rather than an unspecified exploder address.
> 
> It's OK to have both, but just the exploder doesn't
> really have that much value as it's faceless.
> 
> > > +S:	Supported
> > > +B:	https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/linux-next/issues
> > > +T:	https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/linux-next
> 
> This T: line should be something else.
> 
> Perhaps
> W;	https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/linux-next
> T:	git https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/linux-next.git
> 
> > > +F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-librem5*
> 
>