netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] MAINTAINERS: Add Andrea Mayer as a maintainer of SRv6

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Message-ID: <8644149c-bce7-4e62-9107-d04fe6aceb97@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:45:48 -0600
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@...roma2.it>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] MAINTAINERS: Add Andrea Mayer as a maintainer
 of SRv6

On 3/19/25 11:41 AM, Andrea Mayer wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:58:17 +0100
> Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 3/12/25 10:22 AM, David Ahern wrote:
>>> Andrea has made significant contributions to SRv6 support in Linux.
>>> Acknowledge the work and on-going interest in Srv6 support with a
>>> maintainers entry for these files so hopefully he is included
>>> on patches going forward.
>>>
>>> v2
>>> - add non-uapi header files
>>
>> FTR, the changelog should come after the '---' separator. Yep this is a
>> somewhat 'recent' process change WRT the past. No need to repost I can
>> fix it while applying the patch.
>>
>> @Andrea: we need your explicit ack here, as this is basically putting
>> some obligations on you ;)
>>
>> /P
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It is a pleasure for me accept this role (just sent an Acked-by).
> Thank you all for considering the work I have done on SRv6 over the years.
> 
> I'm glad to continue working on this topic, to be included in future patches,
> and to contribute to the SRv6 subsystem as much as I can.
> 

Also, I think it is good to have an explicit listing for this files
given that seg6 code is at 5000 lines with 10 selftests at 7000 lines.
Having someone who knows the details be included on patch submissions is
needed.