Hi Krzysztof, Daniel, and Maxime, On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 03:41:26PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 01:33:38PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > On 05/07/2024 13:22, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 01:19:50PM GMT, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > >> On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 12:03:56PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > >>> Patches to STI DRM are not being picked up, so even though there is > > >>> maintainer activity, it seems that these drivers are not being actively > > >>> looked at. Reflect this in maintainer status. > > >> > > >> Note that since the driver is in drm-misc, other committers can also pick > > >> up patches and push them. Both Neil and Dimtry have commit rights and > > >> should be able to pick up your patches for you, if they get stuck. > > > > > > I've applied the patches. > > > > > > I don't think we should merge this one though, a one-off mishap can happen. > > > > Sure. > > > > Folks, maybe then pattern in maintainers should be somehow changed or grew? > > > > The recommendation to all submitters is to use get_maintainers.pl. b4 > > also does it. In this particular case, using get_maintainers.pl or b4 > > will result in patches not being picked up. > > I think get_maintainers.pl is correct: You get the driver maintainer, plus > drm-misc maintainers as official fallback, plus Dave&me as fallback of > last resorts. So all correct. > > What's special with the commit rights model is that other committers that > work all over the subsystem can also pick up the patches for you, so that > the drm-misc mainters don't become a bottleneck. But the ideal person > there are drm-misc committers who work in your team or company, or someone > else where you have some goodwill credits to spend with and ask them for a > favour. And there's just no way to model that and make sure the script > gives you the right suggestions. Many thanks for all your emails and your support. In the past, I've never committed patches to drm-misc myself and, to be honest, missed the point that as a drm driver maintainer, I should also do so. Thanks to recent discussions, I now fully understand how it should be done. That said, since the volume of drm/sti patches is rather small, I will from now on request help for commit from drm/stm (Philippe, Yannick, and Raphael) and drm-misc maintainers in a more "pro-active" way :-) Sorry for the inconvenience, and once again, many thanks for your support. Alain > -Sima > -- > Daniel Vetter > Software Engineer, Intel Corporation > http://blog.ffwll.ch
