Re: [PATCH docs] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon Jul 17 2023 - 03:49:33 EST


On 15/07/2023 12:31, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
> [CCing other people in the thread]
> How about something like this:
>
> ```
> Bug reports
> -----------
>
> Maintainers must ensure severe problems in their code reported to them
> are resolved in a timely manner: security vulnerabilities, regressions,
> compilation errors, data loss, kernel crashes, and bugs of similar scope.
>
> Maintainers furthermore should respond to reports about other kind of
> bugs as well, if the report is of reasonable quality or indicates a
> problem that might be severe -- especially if they have *Supported*
> status of the codebase in the MAINTAINERS file.

I like mentioning the "Supported" part. We should be a bit more
understanding to all folks who are not paid to do this.

Best regards,
Krzysztof