Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: drm/sti: mark it as Odd Fixes

[Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@foss.st.com>]

Hi Maxime,

On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 04:57:49PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 05:14:36PM GMT, Alain Volmat wrote:
> > Hi Krzysztof, Daniel, and Maxime,
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 03:41:26PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Many thanks for all your emails and your support.
> > 
> > In the past, I've never committed patches to drm-misc myself and, to be honest,
> > missed the point that as a drm driver maintainer, I should also do so.
> 
> Are you saying you don't have a drm-misc account, or that you don't want
> to participate?

I don't have (yet) a drm-misc account.  But following recents email exchanges,
expectations are now clear so I will request an account in order to merge as well
patches of drm/sti.

Thanks a lot Maxime for all the explanations.

Alain

> 
> > Thanks to recent discussions, I now fully understand how it should be done.
> > 
> > That said, since the volume of drm/sti patches is rather small, I will
> > from now on request help for commit from drm/stm (Philippe, Yannick,
> > and Raphael) and drm-misc maintainers in a more "pro-active" way :-)
> > 
> > Sorry for the inconvenience, and once again, many thanks for your
> > support.
> 
> Sorry, but the expectation is very much that you merge at least some of
> the patches for the driver you maintain, and not just rely on someone
> eventually picking it up.
> 
> Maxime