On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 1:36 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 01:26:20PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have noticed that in the last couple of cycles the LED subsystem is > > a bit laggish in terms of maintenance (*). I think it's time that > > someone can help Pavel to sort things out. > > > > In any case, I wonder if we have any kind of procedure for what to do > > in such cases. Do we need to assume that the subsystem is in a > > (pre-)orphaned state? If so, who is the best to take care of patch > > flow? > > What outstanding patches have not been handled? Have you talked to > Pavel about this? Pavel has known about them I believe. But just for your convenience https://lore.kernel.org/linux-leds/20210529111935.3849707-1-andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u > > *) e.g. I have a series against a few drivers in LED with actual fixes > > and it is missed v5.13 (okay, that time Pavel had comments which I > > have addressed at ~rc7 time frame), missed v5.14 and seems on the > > curve to miss v5.15. > > If you address something at -rc7 you should not expect the changes to be > merged in time for the next release, what would you do if you were on > the other end? Yes, that's why skipping v5.13 is okay, but v5.14 is completely out after that. > > P.S. I Cc'ed lately active, AFAICS, in that area people + Greg for his opinion. > > I think that Pavel should be the one asking for help here if he needs > it. I hope so. And we won't see the series dangling for 2 month without any single word from a maintainer. Thanks for your reply! -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
