linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Broadcom internal lists aren't maintainers

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Message-ID: <dd97ffe3-3983-fc45-469b-703900077f2f@broadcom.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:50:16 -0700
From:   William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Broadcom internal lists aren't maintainers



On 4/19/22 16:11, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-04-19 at 12:00 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> On 4/12/2022 11:34 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> Convert the broadcom internal list M: and L: entries to R: as
>>> exploder email addresses are neither maintainers nor mailing lists.
>>>
>>> Reorder the entries as necessary.
> []
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
>>> @@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ F:	include/linux/platform_data/b53.h
>>>    
>>>    BROADCOM BCM2711/BCM2835 ARM ARCHITECTURE
>>>    M:	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@...nel.org>
>>> -L:	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
>>> +R:	Broadcom Kernel Team <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>
>>
>> There is not a "Broadcom Kernel Team", the description of R: appears to
>> require some kind of full name, hence the choice of L: instead of R:.
> 
> If you don't like "Broadcom Kernel Team", perhaps
> "Broadcom Kernel Reviewers" might work for you.
> 
> I think it doesn't matter much.
> 
I can see that we shouldn't use M as maintainer for this Broadcom 
mailing list email. But I honestly don't understand why we have to use 
R. Just for the sake of full name?  Not everyone in this distribution 
list is reviewer.  IMHO I would prefer to change all entries to L 
without a full name.
> 
> 

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