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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:58:15 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [RFC PATCH 2/3] MAINTAINERS, Handbook:
 Subsystem Profile
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Hi Dan,

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 6:05 AM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
> As presented at the 2018 Linux Plumbers conference [1], the Subsystem
> Profile is proposed as a way to reduce friction between committers and
> maintainers and perhaps encourage conversations amongst maintainers
> about best practice policies.
>
> The profile contains short answers to some of the common policy
> questions a contributor might have, or that a maintainer might consider
> formalizing. The current list of maintenance policies is:
>
> Overview: General introduction to maintaining the subsystem
> Core: List of source files considered core
> Leaf: List of source files that consume core functionality
> Patches or Pull requests: Simple statement of expected submission format
> Last -rc for new feature submissions: Expected lead time for submissions
> Last -rc to merge features: Deadline for merge decisions
> Non-author Ack / Review Tags Required: Patch review economics
> Test Suite: Pass this suite before requesting inclusion
> Resubmit Cadence: When to ping the maintainer
> Trusted Reviewers: Help for triaging patches
> Time Zone / Office Hours: When might a maintainer be available
> Checkpatch / Style Cleanups: Policy on pure cleanup patches
> Off-list review: Request for review gates
> TODO: Potential development tasks up for grabs, or active focus areas
>
> The goal of the Subsystem Profile is to set expectations for
> contributors and interim or replacement maintainers for a subsystem.
>
> See Documentation/maintainer/subsystem-profile.rst for more details, and
> a follow-on example profile for the libnvdimm subsystem.

> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/subsystem-profile.rst

> +Last -rc to merge features
> +--------------------------
> +Indicate to contributors the point at which an as yet un-applied patch
> +set will need to wait for the NEXT+1 merge window. Of course there is no
> +obligation to ever except any given patchset, but if the review has not

s/except/accept/

> +concluded by this point the expectation the contributor should wait and

expectation is (that)

> +resubmit for the following merge window. The answer may be different for
> +'Core:' files, include a second entry prefixed with 'Core:' if so.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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