[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: dm-devel@redhat.com is a list

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: dm-devel@redhat.com is a list

[Yann Droneaud]

This patch changes type of dm-devel@redhat.com

The output of ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl is
modified to report dm-devel@redhat.com as a list:

 Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com> (maintainer:DEVICE-MAPPER  (LVM))
-dm-devel@redhat.com (maintainer:DEVICE-MAPPER  (LVM))
 Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> (supporter:SOFTWARE RAID (Mu...)
+dm-devel@redhat.com (open list:DEVICE-MAPPER  (LVM))
 linux-raid@vger.kernel.org (open list:SOFTWARE RAID (Mu...)
 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)

Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7b6ab51..fefd17f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2527,7 +2527,6 @@ S:	Maintained
 
 DEVICE-MAPPER  (LVM)
 M:	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
-M:	dm-devel@redhat.com
 L:	dm-devel@redhat.com
 W:	http://sources.redhat.com/dm
 Q:	http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dm-devel/list/
-- 
1.8.3.1

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: dm-devel@redhat.com is a list

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 05:01:47PM +0200, Yann Droneaud wrote:
> This patch changes type of dm-devel@redhat.com
> The output of ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl is
> modified to report dm-devel@redhat.com as a list:
 
>  DEVICE-MAPPER  (LVM)
>  M:	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
> -M:	dm-devel@redhat.com
>  L:	dm-devel@redhat.com
>  W:	http://sources.redhat.com/dm
>  Q:	http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dm-devel/list/

Is this part of some other changes to the definition of M and L?

Otherwise I don't agree with the change.

MAINTAINERS states:

        M: Mail patches to: FullName <address@domain>
        L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area

In the case of dm-devel, it's not merely a "relevant" list, but it is
essential for us: patches to dm must be sent to the list for patchwork
to collect.  I shall also add Mike Snitzer as a joint maintainer.

And did you notice this bit with uapi?
F:      include/linux/dm-*.h

Alasdair

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: dm-devel@redhat.com is a list

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 18:10 +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 05:01:47PM +0200, Yann Droneaud wrote:
> > This patch changes type of dm-devel@redhat.com
> > The output of ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl is
> > modified to report dm-devel@redhat.com as a list:
>  
> >  DEVICE-MAPPER  (LVM)
> >  M:	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
> > -M:	dm-devel@redhat.com
> >  L:	dm-devel@redhat.com
> >  W:	http://sources.redhat.com/dm
> >  Q:	http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dm-devel/list/

I think this Q entry isn't as useful as it could be
because it doesn't show the status of any patch.

It looks as if every patch ever sent to dm-devel is
still listed as "new".

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: dm-devel@redhat.com is a list

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 10:21:43AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> I think this Q entry isn't as useful as it could be
> because it doesn't show the status of any patch.
 
When kernel.org patchwork was unavailable for many months we migrated
over to a private instance - and we still haven't moved back!  I
discussed this with Mike a couple of weeks ago and we decided to have a
go at moving back to the public instance again before the next merge
window.

Alasdair