Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as private

[Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>]

> On Nov 10, 2021, at 9:20 AM, Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 01:57:31PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Tue, 2021-11-09 at 00:58 +0000, Nadav Amit wrote:
>>>> On Nov 8, 2021, at 4:37 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 16:22 -0800, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So it's an exploder not an actual maintainer and it likely isn't
>>>> publically archived with any normal list mechanism.
>>>> 
>>>> So IMO "private" isn't appropriate.  Neither is "L:"
>>>> Perhaps just mark it as what it is as an "exploder".
>>>> 
>>>> Or maybe these blocks should be similar to:
>>>> 
>>>> M:	Name of Lead Developer <somebody@vmware.com>
>>>> M:	VMware <foo> maintainers <linux-<foo>-maintainers@vmlinux.com>
>> 
>> Maybe adding entries like
>> 
>> M:	Named maintainer <whoever@vmware.com>
>> R:	VMware <foo> reviewers <linux-<foo>-maintainers@vmware.com>
>> 
>> would be best/simplest.
>> 
> 
> Sure, that sounds good to me. I also considered adding "(email alias)"
> like Juergen suggested, but I think the R: entry is clear enough.
> Please find the updated patch below.
> 
> ---
> 
> From f66faa238facf504cfc66325912ce7af8cbf79ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware)" <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 11:46:57 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as email
> aliases
> 
> VMware mailing lists in the MAINTAINERS file are private lists meant
> for VMware-internal review/notification for patches to the respective
> subsystems. Anyone can post to these addresses, but there is no public
> read access like open mailing lists, which makes them more like email
> aliases instead (to reach out to reviewers).
> 
> So update all the VMware mailing list references in the MAINTAINERS
> file to mark them as such, using "R: email-alias@vmware.com".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
> Cc: Zack Rusin <zackr@vmware.com>
> Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
> Cc: Vivek Thampi <vithampi@vmware.com>
> Cc: Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@vmware.com>
> Cc: Ronak Doshi <doshir@vmware.com>
> Cc: pv-drivers@vmware.com
> Cc: linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com
> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 118cf8170d02..4372d79027e9 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -6134,8 +6134,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
> 
> DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> -M:	"VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
> M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@vmware.com>
> +R:	VMware Graphics Reviewers <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
> L:	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> S:	Supported
> T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> @@ -14189,7 +14189,7 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/ppdev.h
> PARAVIRT_OPS INTERFACE
> M:	Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> M:	Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
> -L:	pv-drivers@vmware.com (private)
> +R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>

This patch that you just sent seems to go on top of the previous patches
(as it removes "L: pv-drivers@vmware.com (private)”).

Since the patches were still not merged, I would presume you should squash
the old 2/2 with this new patch and send v3 of these patches.