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Date:   Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:22:57 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa@...il.mit.edu>, jgross@...e.com,
        x86@...nel.org, pv-drivers@...are.com,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>,
        Vivek Thampi <vithampi@...are.com>,
        Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@...are.com>,
        Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>,
        linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>,
        sdeep@...are.com, amakhalov@...are.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, keerthanak@...are.com,
        srivatsab@...are.com, anishs@...are.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as
 private

On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 16:16 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:37:53 -0800 Joe Perches wrote:
> > > @@ -6134,8 +6134,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> > >  F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
> > >  
> > >  DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> > > -M:	"VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>
> > >  M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>
> > > +L:	linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com (private)  
> > 
> > This MAINTAINERS file is for _public_ use, marking something
> > non-public isn't useful.
> 
> But Greg has a point. Corporations like to send us code with a list 
> as the maintainer and MODULE_AUTHOR set to corp's name. We deal with
> humans, not legal entities.

MAINTAINERS is used not for corporations private use but
to find out _who_ to send and cc patches and defect reports.

A "private" email address used only for corporate internal review
cannot receive patches.

> I've been trying to get them to use "M: email" without the name,
> but "L: list (private)" also works.
> 
> Either way I feel like we need _some_ way to tell humans from corporate
> "please CC this address" entries.

This is not the way AFAIKT.

> > private makes no sense and likely these L: entries shouldn't exist.