On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 11:39:23AM -0700, Moritz Fischer wrote: > Hi all, > > I lately did not have enough time to dedicate to the Linux FPGA > subsystem, concerns were raised around bus-factor and all. > > Looking at my day-job I don't see this getting better in the short-term > so I've decided to get a conversation going on how to structure this > better for the benefit of the Linux FPGA subsystem. > > Maybe a maintainer team approach would address the bus factor and > workload concerns better? > > In terms of people I was thinking about: > > Hao has done a great job at keeping the DFL part of things going, so I > think he'd be a great choice. > > Yilun has been very helpful with reviews and I think he'd be a good > pick, too. > > In terms of how to structure this: I'm not sure just yet, open to input. > > How do other multi-maintainer subsystems operate? Ideas? Suggestions? There's lots of different ways they work, depends on what works best for you all. Some take turns on a weekly basis to commit patches to the tree. Some require multiple acks/reviews by the others before they are allowed to merge to their tree. Some just do what they can and merge what they want :) So it's all up to you all as to what you all find works best. I'll gladly take patches from whatever you all determine to do. thanks, greg k-h
