netdev - Re: [PATCH docs v2] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers

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Message-ID: <8331449d-6b25-7ea0-4c28-9128ab483fba@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:06:48 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, corbet@....net
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux@...mhuis.info, broonie@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v2] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small
 time maintainers

On 18/07/2023 17:58, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> We appear to have a gap in our process docs. We go into detail
> on how to contribute code to the kernel, and how to be a subsystem
> maintainer. I can't find any docs directed towards the thousands
> of small scale maintainers, like folks maintaining a single driver
> or a single network protocol.
> 
> Document our expectations and best practices. I'm hoping this doc
> will be particularly useful to set expectations with HW vendors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>


Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof