Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Angelo as MediaTek SoC co-maintainer

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 4:27 PM AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
<angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Il 02/10/23 05:30, Chen-Yu Tsai ha scritto:
> > On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 3:37 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023, at 04:20, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> >>> I am a top reviewer mainly for MediaTek SoC related patches in most
> >>> subsystems and I've also been upstreaming both improvements, fixes
> >>> and new drivers and devicetrees when required.
> >>>
> >>> The MediaTek scene saw a generous increase in number of patches that
> >>> are sent to the lists every week, increasing the amount of required
> >>> efforts to maintain the MTK bits overall, and we will possibly see
> >>> even more of that.
> >>>
> >>> For this reason, and also because of suggestions and encouragement
> >>> coming from the community, I'm stepping up to be a co-maintainer of
> >>> MediaTek SoCs support.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
> >>> <angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> P.S.: I tried to reach to Matthias for almost two months, but I couldn't
> >>> find any way to talk to him and he has been unresponsive on the mailing
> >>> lists as well.
> >>>
> >>> P.P.S.: This also comes after Rob Herring's suggestion to have myself as
> >>> a MediaTek SoC co-maintainer [1] and support from other people.
> >>>
> >>> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230804225813.12493-1-robh@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >>
> >> Thanks for volunteering for this!
> >>
> >> I have no information on what Mattias is doing, but I see that he
> >> has not merged any patches since June, and that he never sent a
> >> pull request for your patches that are still in his for-next
> >> branch.
> >>
> >> I hope he's going to be ok, but let's plan for you to take over
> >> for the moment, at least until Matthias is again able to keep
> >> maintaining the platform in the near future.
> >>
> >> Here is my suggestion for how to continue from here:
> >>
> >> - Please send your MAINTAINERS file update to soc@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>    along  with any urgent bugfixes you may have, so I can forward
> >>    them for 6.7. I'm wrapping up the current set of fixes at
> >>    the moment, so this would be for next week's rc
> >>
> >> - Create a git tree with the ususal branches (drivers, soc, dt,
> >>    fixes, for-next) and ask Stephen Rothwell (on Cc) to add
> >>    the combined for-next branch  to linux-next for integration testing
> >
> > I suggest creating a shared git tree from the start. That way when
> > Mattias comes back and does agree to co-maintainership, or if anyone
> > else joins in, you don't have to change the git tree URL in a lot of
> > places.
> >
>
> I agree with creating a shared git tree from the start... I currently don't have
> a kernel.org account yet, as I'm waiting for helpdesk to grant my account request.
>
> They asked me to send a patch adding myself to MAINTAINERS as they would use that
> as a basis to grant the account request... so I guess it's happening soon; seen
> the urgency, I would do anything in my power to speed up the process, but probably
> there's "nothing to do" about it.

If you do end up not getting an account in time, I can do all the patch
queuing and sending out PR work using my account for this cycle, if that's
OK with the soc maintainers.

That said, we have a long weekend (Oct. 7 to Oct. 10) during which I will be
travelling. I might also be travelling during parts of the remaining three
work days, but the whole thing is still up in the air.

> I am guessing that the right thing to do right now is to just send the mostly
> critical fixes to soc@xxxxxxxxxx, along with this patch, and wait until a shared
> tree is created to keep things clean?

+1 Sounds good to me.


> >> - Start each branch on 6.6-rc2 (usually we use rc1, but this time
> >>    rc2 is a better candidate because of the last-minute
> >>    drivers/pmdomain rename), and merge the corresponding branches
> >>    from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/matthias.bgg/linux.git
> >>    into those to avoids conflicts with his tree
> >>
> >> - Add any further patches you want in 6.7 on top
> >>
> >> - Send a first set of pull requests to soc@xxxxxxxxxx for whatever
> >>    you have merged as soon as you are confident about them,
> >>    ideally by the end of next week.
> >>
> >> - Send additional pull requests for fixups or late features in
> >>    the weeks after that as you see fit.
> >>
> >> See Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst for more details
> >> on the above. When Mattias comes back, you can work out a new
> >> process together with him.
> >
> > I can also answer any questions you might have about the process.
> >
>
> Many thanks for your support, I greatly appreciate that.
>
> Cheers,
> Angelo
>