Re: [PATCH v2 RFC 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Add "R:" designated-reviewers tag

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Tue Jun 03 2014 - 16:12:17 EST


On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 12:03:07PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-06-03 at 08:35 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Paul Walmsley also noted the need for patch
> > submitters to know who the key reviewers are and suggested adding an
> > "R:" tag to the MAINTAINERS file to record this information on a
> > per-subsystem basis.
> []
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
> > @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
> >
> > P: Person (obsolete)
> > M: Mail patches to: FullName <address@domain>
> > + R: Designated reviewer, who should be CCed on patches,
> > + format: FullName <address@domain>
> > L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
> > W: Web-page with status/info
> > Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site
>
> Perhaps the M: and R: roles should be more fully
> described here.
>
> The R: entry description doesn't need commas.
>
> Maybe something like:
> M: Maintainer (to:) FullName <address@domain>
> R: Reviewer (cc:) FullName <address@domain>

This is arguably better organized, but I need to keep my focus on adding
the designated reviewer. I am not in a position to undertake a rewrite
of the MAINTAINER file preamble at this point.

> You might as well send the get_maintainer update with this
> series too.

Interesting... Who is the maintainer for get_maintainer? ;-)

Thanx, Paul

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