linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

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Message-ID: <878qns9vjk.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:26:39 +0200
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,  linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

Hi All,

Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org> writes:

> Hi Joel,
>
> "Joel Becker" <jlbec@...lplan.org> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 10:42:29AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 11:47:23PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:27:27PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
>>> > > There's no need to get upset. Several people pointed out that Joel
>>> > > Becker retired and since he hasn't responded this felt like the right
>>> > > thing to do. Just send a patch to add him back. I see no reason to not
>>> > > have Andreas step up to maintain it.
>>> >
>>> > Removing someone just because they have retired feels odd, but hey who
>>> > am I to complain.  I did reach out to him when giving maintainership
>>> > and he replied although it did indeed take a while.
>>>
>>> I mean, we can surely put Joel back in. My take would be to remove
>>> that person from the maintainer entry because people will get confused
>>> when they don't receive a reply. But I'm totally fine if we should leave
>>> Joel in.
>>
>> Howdy folks,
>>
>> I do apologize for my delayed responses.  I try to review patches as I
>> find them, but I haven't yet set up a dedicated tree -- a bit out of
>> practice.
>
> How would you like the maintainer entry to look:
>
>  - Are you OK with me taking up maintenance of configfs?
>    - If yes,
>      - would you like to be added as a reviewer?
>      - would you prefer to be listed as co-maintainer?
>    - If no,
>      - would you have me as a co-maintainer?
>      - or would you have me as a reviewer?
>
> I set up a tree according to the patch I submitted. I did not switch out
> linux-next yet, but I was about to send a request to do that. I will
> stall that pending your response on the above.

Since I got no response on the above, I am going to continue setting up.


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg