linux-kernel - Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update email addresses of octeon

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Message-ID: <20230616101229.1e7339f0@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:12:29 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@...vell.com>
Cc:     Sathesh B Edara <sedara@...vell.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Satananda Burla <sburla@...vell.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update email addresses of
 octeon_ep driver maintainers

On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 05:04:24 +0000 Veerasenareddy Burru wrote:
> > What does it mean to be a maintainer to you?  
> 
> Sathesh will also be maintaining and submitting the changes for
> octeon_ep drivers, going forward.
>
> Is the right way for this is, add Sathesh to MAINTAINERS list along
> with his first patch/patchset submission ?

The patch is perfectly fine. Please see my question as half survey half
commitment device. I don't think we have a crisp enough understanding
of responsibilities of "corporate" maintainers. It always worries me
when I see someone who never (AFAICT) sent an email to the list before
get nominated as a maintainer.

So I'd like to hear from Sathesh, clearly stated, what responsibilities
and SLAs he's taking on. Once we gather input of this nature from a
handful of maintainers maybe we can distill a guide in
Documentation/process/...