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

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Nov 09 2021 - 16:57:42 EST


On Tue, 2021-11-09 at 00:58 +0000, Nadav Amit wrote:
> > On Nov 8, 2021, at 4:37 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 16:22 -0800, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> >
> > So it's an exploder not an actual maintainer and it likely isn't
> > publically archived with any normal list mechanism.
> >
> > So IMO "private" isn't appropriate. Neither is "L:"
> > Perhaps just mark it as what it is as an "exploder".
> >
> > Or maybe these blocks should be similar to:
> >
> > M: Name of Lead Developer <somebody@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > M: VMware <foo> maintainers <linux-<foo>-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Maybe adding entries like

M: Named maintainer <whoever@xxxxxxxxxx>
R: VMware <foo> reviewers <linux-<foo>-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx>

would be best/simplest.