On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:22:58 -0700 Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote:
> > Paul Walmsley also noted the need for patch > > submitters to know who the key reviewers are and suggested adding an > > "R:" tag to the MAINTAINERS file to record this information on a > > per-subsystem basis. > > I'm not sure of the value of this. > > Why not just mark the actual reviewers as maintainers? > > The lack of reviewers problem is entirely distinct from > the proposed solution. > > I believe active reviewers will generally subscribe to a > subsystem specific mailing list. > > Perhaps it'd be better to get a "linux-...@vger.kernel.org" > mailing list going. I don't think we need a linux-rcu mailing list. I much rather see the patches on LKML. If you have a person that regularly reviews a patch and wants to be Cc'd on all of them, then why not add them to MAINTAINERS? > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > [] > > @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Descriptions of section entries: > > L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area > > W: Web-page with status/info > > Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site > > + R: Designated reviewer, who should be CCed on patches, > > + format: FullName <address@domain> > > T: SCM tree type and location. > > Type is one of: git, hg, quilt, stgit, topgit > > S: Status, one of the following: > > If this is actually done, I suggest putting this > "R" entry description immediately after the "M" entry. > Or perhaps after L: -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
