On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 16:16 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:37:53 -0800 Joe Perches wrote: > > > @@ -6134,8 +6134,8 @@ T: git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc > > > F: drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/ > > > > > > DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU > > > -M: "VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > M: Zack Rusin <zackr@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > +L: linux-graphics-maintainer@xxxxxxxxxx (private) > > > > This MAINTAINERS file is for _public_ use, marking something > > non-public isn't useful. > > But Greg has a point. Corporations like to send us code with a list > as the maintainer and MODULE_AUTHOR set to corp's name. We deal with > humans, not legal entities. MAINTAINERS is used not for corporations private use but to find out _who_ to send and cc patches and defect reports. A "private" email address used only for corporate internal review cannot receive patches. > I've been trying to get them to use "M: email" without the name, > but "L: list (private)" also works. > > Either way I feel like we need _some_ way to tell humans from corporate > "please CC this address" entries. This is not the way AFAIKT. > > private makes no sense and likely these L: entries shouldn't exist.
