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

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

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?

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.