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

From: Srivatsa S. Bhat
Date: Wed Nov 10 2021 - 12:17:00 EST


On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 01:57:31PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> 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.
>

Sure, that sounds good to me. I also considered adding "(email alias)"
like Juergen suggested, but I think the R: entry is clear enough.
Please find the updated patch below.

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