Hi Maxime, On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 04:57:49PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote: > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 05:14:36PM GMT, Alain Volmat wrote: > > 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. > > Are you saying you don't have a drm-misc account, or that you don't want > to participate? I don't have (yet) a drm-misc account. But following recents email exchanges, expectations are now clear so I will request an account in order to merge as well patches of drm/sti. Thanks a lot Maxime for all the explanations. Alain > > > 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. > > Sorry, but the expectation is very much that you merge at least some of > the patches for the driver you maintain, and not just rely on someone > eventually picking it up. > > Maxime
