Documentation should lead by example, so here's a basic maintainer entry
profile for this subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Consistent pronouns in final paragraph
- s/errors/errors or warnings/
Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst | 1 +
.../doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
.../maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst | 1 +
3 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst
index c58de84c0d5b..7c7d97784626 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/index.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ How to write kernel documentation
kernel-doc
parse-headers
contributing
+ maintainer-profile
.. only:: subproject and html
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aee2f508cc89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+Documentation subsystem maintainer entry profile
+================================================
+
+The documentation "subsystem" is the central coordinating point for the
+kernel's documentation and associated infrastructure. It covers the
+hierarchy under Documentation/ (with the exception of
+Documentation/device-tree), various utilities under scripts/ and, at least
+some of the time, LICENSES/.
+
+It's worth noting, though, that the boundaries of this subsystem are rather
+fuzzier than normal. Many other subsystem maintainers like to keep control
+of portions of Documentation/, and many more freely apply changes there
+when it is convenient. Beyond that, much of the kernel's documentation is
+found in the source as kerneldoc comments; those are usually (but not
+always) maintained by the relevant subsystem maintainer.
+
+The mailing list for documentation is linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Patches
+should be made against the docs-next tree whenever possible.
+
+Submit checklist addendum
+-------------------------
+
+When making documentation changes, you should actually build the
+documentation and ensure that no new errors or warnings have been
+introduced. Generating HTML documents and looking at the result will help
+to avoid unsightly misunderstandings about how things will be rendered.
+
+Key cycle dates
+---------------
+
+Patches can be sent anytime, but response will be slower than usual during
+the merge window. The docs tree tends to close late before the merge
+window opens, since the risk of regressions from documentation patches is
+low.
+
+Review cadence
+--------------
+
+I am the sole maintainer for the documentation subsystem, and I am doing
+the work on my own time, so the response to patches will occasionally be
+slow. I try to always send out a notification when a patch is merged (or
+when I decide that one cannot be). Do not hesitate to send a ping if you
+have not heard back within a week of sending a patch.
diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
index 3eaddc8ac56d..11ebe3682771 100644
--- a/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
+++ b/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
@@ -99,4 +99,5 @@ to do something different in the near future.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
+ ../doc-guide/maintainer-profile
../nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile
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