Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Jun 2014 13:29:05 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Add "R:" designated-reviewers tag |
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On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:22:58 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@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-rcu@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
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