On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 01:33:38PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 05/07/2024 13:22, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 01:19:50PM GMT, Daniel Vetter wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 12:03:56PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >>> Patches to STI DRM are not being picked up, so even though there is > >>> maintainer activity, it seems that these drivers are not being actively > >>> looked at. Reflect this in maintainer status. > >> > >> Note that since the driver is in drm-misc, other committers can also pick > >> up patches and push them. Both Neil and Dimtry have commit rights and > >> should be able to pick up your patches for you, if they get stuck. > > > > I've applied the patches. > > > > I don't think we should merge this one though, a one-off mishap can happen. > > Sure. > > Folks, maybe then pattern in maintainers should be somehow changed or grew? > > The recommendation to all submitters is to use get_maintainers.pl. b4 > also does it. In this particular case, using get_maintainers.pl or b4 > will result in patches not being picked up.
I think get_maintainers.pl is correct: You get the driver maintainer, plus drm-misc maintainers as official fallback, plus Dave&me as fallback of last resorts. So all correct. What's special with the commit rights model is that other committers that work all over the subsystem can also pick up the patches for you, so that the drm-misc mainters don't become a bottleneck. But the ideal person there are drm-misc committers who work in your team or company, or someone else where you have some goodwill credits to spend with and ask them for a favour. And there's just no way to model that and make sure the script gives you the right suggestions. -Sima -- Daniel Vetter Software Engineer, Intel Corporation http://blog.ffwll.ch
