Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as private

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:37:53 -0800 Joe Perches wrote:
> > @@ -6134,8 +6134,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> >  F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
> >  
> >  DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> > -M:	"VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >  M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +L:	linux-graphics-maintainer@xxxxxxxxxx (private)  
> 
> This MAINTAINERS file is for _public_ use, marking something
> non-public isn't useful.

But Greg has a point. Corporations like to send us code with a list 
as the maintainer and MODULE_AUTHOR set to corp's name. We deal with
humans, not legal entities.

I've been trying to get them to use "M: email" without the name,
but "L: list (private)" also works.

Either way I feel like we need _some_ way to tell humans from corporate
"please CC this address" entries.

> private makes no sense and likely these L: entries shouldn't exist.