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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as
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From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To:     Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
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Date:   Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:57:31 -0800
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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.