Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753329AbcCVXjx (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:39:53 -0400 Received: from pandora.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:52588 "EHLO pandora.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752625AbcCVXjv (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:39:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:39:06 +0000 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Inki Dae Cc: Heiko =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=FCbner?= , David Airlie , Mark Yao , Ajay Kumar , Javier Martinez Canillas , Doug Anderson , Jingoo Han , Yakir Yang , Andrzej Hajda , Joonyoung Shim , Seung-Woo Kim , Kyungmin Park , Thierry Reding , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Rob Herring , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , linux-samsung-soc , Pawel Moll , Ian Campbell , "open list:ARM/Rockchip SoC..." , emil.l.velikov@gmail.com, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Daniel Kurtz , Kishon Vijay Abraham I , Kukjin Kim , Sean Paul , "dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" , Kumar Gala , Ajay kumar , Rob Herring , Andy Yan , Gustavo Padovan , Caesar Wang , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: Who is going to merge it [Was: Re: [PATCH v14 0/17] Add Analogix Core Display Port Driver] Message-ID: <20160322233906.GP19428@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1455534485-1154-1-git-send-email-ykk@rock-chips.com> <1919945.Y1tg0YzXlm@diego> <56F1CAEB.3080701@samsung.com> <8949624.HmxDpZAlt2@diego> <56F1D0AD.8030905@samsung.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56F1D0AD.8030905@samsung.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 720 Lines: 17 On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 08:09:33AM +0900, Inki Dae wrote: > In this case, someone else may send an email again like you "who is going to merge?" > That would be why we need a maintainer. > > drm panel is already managed well by Thierry Reding without such confusion. You don't need a maintainer for every subdirectory just because it's a subdirectory... Sometimes, having too many maintainers adds beaurocracy which becomes counter-productive. dw_hdmi seems to be adequately managed so far without there needing to be a "DRM bridge maintainer". -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.