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    SubjectRe: [Ksummit-discuss] [RFC PATCH 3/3] libnvdimm, MAINTAINERS: Subsystem Profile
    On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 03:39:47AM -0800, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
    > Em Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:43:51 -0800
    > Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> escreveu:
    >
    > > On Thu, 2018-11-15 at 19:40 +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
    > > > > I would recommend to remove this section at all.
    > > > > New maintainers won't come out of blue, but will be come
    > > > > from existing community and such individuals for sure will see
    > > > > and judge by themselves to whom they trust and to whom not.
    > > >
    > > > Perhaps this is more of a hint to contributors than to maintainers
    > > > (see earlier discussion on who is the target audience for these documents).
    > > >
    > > > It would help contributors know some names of useful reviewers (and
    > > > thus this list should be picked up by scripts/get_maintainer.pl to help
    > > > the user compose Cc: lists for e-mail patches).
    > >
    > > Trusted reviewers should be specifically listed
    > > in the MAINTAINERS file with an "R:" entry.
    > >
    > > get_maintainers should not look anywhere else.
    >
    > I know that making get_maintainers to look elsewhere can make it more
    > complex and slower, but IMHO, by having a per-subsystem profile, this is
    > unavoidable.
    >
    > The thing is that touching at a single MAINTAINERS file every time a new
    > reviewer comes is painful. Also, MAINTAINERS file format doesn't allow
    > adding free text explaining the criteria for someone to become a
    > reviewer.

    You are pointing to the actual problem -> someone needs to maintain such
    lists, Removal of persons from that list won't be easy task too.

    >
    > IMO, having reviewers on a per-subsystem file, where one could explain
    > the criteria for being added there will make easier to attract more
    > reviewers.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Mauro
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