Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:38252 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751169AbcA2IIc (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2016 03:08:32 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: Sudip Mukherjee Cc: "John W. Linville" , Joe Perches , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, kbuild test robot , kernel-janitors , LKML Subject: Re: wireless-drivers: random cleanup patches piling up References: <87wpr3x9ln.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <1453423965.3856.22.camel@perches.com> <87k2n1x0sf.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <20160122151211.GB1500@tuxdriver.com> <87si1pvcd7.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <20160126052823.GA2053@sudip-laptop> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:08:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20160126052823.GA2053@sudip-laptop> (Sudip Mukherjee's message of "Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:58:23 +0530") Message-ID: <87bn84kdu0.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20160129_090935_458419_7298F5B2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Sudip Mukherjee writes: >> >> That's also my experience from maintaining wireless-drivers for a year, >> >> this seems to be a "hit and run" type of phenomenon. >> > >> > Should we be looking for someone to run a "wireless-driver-cleanups" >> > tree? They could handle the cleanups and trivial stuff, and send >> > you a pull request a couple of times per release...? >> >> Not a bad idea! But I don't think we need a separate tree as applying >> patches from patchwork is easy. It should be doable that we add an >> account to patchwork and whenever I see a this type of trivial cleanup >> patch I'll assign it to the cleanup maintainer and whenever he/she >> thinks it's ready he assigns the patch back to me and I'll apply it. >> >> The only difficult part is finding a victim/volunteer to >> do that ;) > > I can be a volunteer (victim?). Though i donot know much about > wireless-drivers, but I do know a little about cleanup patches. > And maybe, in the process I will start knowing wireless-drivers. I think it's better that you have prior experience with linux-wireless before doing something like this. You can start by reviewing patches and providing Reviewed-by tags. -- Kalle Valo