Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Broadcom internal lists aren't maintainers

[Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>]

On 4/20/22 14:31, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-04-20 at 11:50 -0700, William Zhang wrote:
>>
>> On 4/19/22 16:11, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2022-04-19 at 12:00 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>>> On 4/12/2022 11:34 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>>> Convert the broadcom internal list M: and L: entries to R: as
>>>>> exploder email addresses are neither maintainers nor mailing lists.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reorder the entries as necessary.
>>> []
>>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> []
>>>>> @@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ F:	include/linux/platform_data/b53.h
>>>>>     
>>>>>     BROADCOM BCM2711/BCM2835 ARM ARCHITECTURE
>>>>>     M:	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org>
>>>>> -L:	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
>>>>> +R:	Broadcom Kernel Team <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>
>>>
>>>> There is not a "Broadcom Kernel Team", the description of R: appears to
>>>> require some kind of full name, hence the choice of L: instead of R:.
>>>
>>> If you don't like "Broadcom Kernel Team", perhaps
>>> "Broadcom Kernel Reviewers" might work for you.
>>>
>>> I think it doesn't matter much.
>>>
>> I can see that we shouldn't use M as maintainer for this Broadcom
>> mailing list email. But I honestly don't understand why we have to use
>> R. Just for the sake of full name?  Not everyone in this distribution
>> list is reviewer.  IMHO I would prefer to change all entries to L
>> without a full name.
> 
> I think "R:" is a better choice than "L:"
> 
> "L:" Mailing list entries have archives that are publicly searchable.
> 
> Are the broadcom bcm-kernel-feedback-list entries publicly archived?

They are not indeed.

> 
> If not, these are one-way entries, so someone sends and hopes only.
> Replies that are sent from these entries are not visible to the public.

OK, fair enough, I will change to:

R: Broadcom internal kernel review list 
<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>

If that works for everyone?
-- 
Florian