On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 05:11:02PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: >> Until now, the drm-intel commit access have been handed out ad hoc, >> without transparency, consistency, or fairness. With pressure to add >> more committers, this is no longer tenable, if it ever was. Document the >> requirements and expectations around becoming a drm-intel committer. >> >> The Linux kernel operates in a model where, by and large, only >> maintainers commit patches. Maintainer teams are no longer rare, but the >> drm-intel and drm-misc maintainer/committer model is definitely an >> outlier. >> >> The drm-intel maintainers believe that a reasonable level of experience >> and track record of working on the driver, as well as actively engaging >> in the community upstream, are necessary before becoming a >> committer. While the requirements outlined here may seem strict in >> contrast with many projects, they are extremely liberal by kernel >> standards. >> >> Finally, no rules are carved in stone. We fully expect the requirements >> to be adjusted later. However, it will be much easier to start strict >> and relax the requirements later than the other way round. >> >> Cc: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Sean Paul <seanpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: dim-tools@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Cc: intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx> > > I've chatted for a few hours with Joonas, and I think before we can > discuss the proposed document here itself, we first need to reach some > agreement on why we even have commit rights. I think there's a very wide > range of answers to that questions, and of course with different goals you > end up with completely different rules about how to handle commit rights. > > Joonas suggested we first discuss this internally, perhaps with the > maintainers, Kimmo and me. Fine. I would rather have discussed this transparently out in the open. That was, after all, the purpose of sending this out. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
