From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-yb1-f181.google.com (mail-yb1-f181.google.com [209.85.219.181]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86A7370 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb1-f181.google.com with SMTP id v3so49584630ybi.1 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:31:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Wbt1mVnO/ThamIMTsX6wgU/x9POxzZTn5qD7H+gnEhw=; b=IjShQZdtzRMfSJPV7f+TiiJ0mhK8ZlQz9dWdzXDc6JHwYtRdl+UJ5Fx17Bfjj9zurm 2TV9BaiWPLZYQRi0a0XYIP+gpOIUAv/kWsV2vEAVKS6pEHYfhfeNNrSeMef/czwwJpCG RJcTEQhc7nyzJzrDiOcvb43j9Mcqt9P4En87Hdvb8dq+aDSFOA9amWrsoqizes9kkx0y 7Y6fzV+N6khs5qAL5yd1jFLPqRJWyUqII04xdTq0/9DWwmoAxsxAomtgjGDdgdvtXGSV LVHpISNVTq/bHya1gryxPs70BtTfIijNHmbczWCH59FhqVFo2s4ZQvZVuBaV2Xji4nj/ S8ig== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Wbt1mVnO/ThamIMTsX6wgU/x9POxzZTn5qD7H+gnEhw=; b=ZYmvph2+38uKvHpRRIybfZ2obi1n6SW5PixTYwPXyXBO/YjX/ggbMY7xFjY/HP5CbS 9G+fDiZ8SokOb9oAc6wAIZCtTor/e3uKTEPm8AhFbV5Jxi4B7zRUAw8Xewwn+QBq/CFv hTC/RpJnEJAqutNy06FdAbi9MpBByR/eQpbMzTPLYTVa2RAPrDhP+uj59vmZqADK+pWp AGX/ziKnSiMGhJe0l7afCqLwT4KmTmfx3AB6KYSZA9HaGr1hRhTcrry33zKgeQE445W3 6b1M9iPac6bVFb7HFNRrKhhVS8iJPJEprcarsfNEIZ7t2fDav89bKnPh0XHWkH/V5mkQ DY8g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5335MmYPQdgM2aPktXnVWalB/Y1yTHqfLyAaSNLVe1UdMXWwdkiE otPXtu00V6aI+yb83aCN0zJmAzFuGt0/1lZU4oQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwh5f0Mhn8KXopy6exGCvqK6O31YUbarGYD4xE3ymxc5RiVR4ToBzQfpSmwQRu09Xq1d5k14Mkma1O/stnKWTw= X-Received: by 2002:a25:69ce:: with SMTP id e197mr5723492ybc.448.1619105511606; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:31:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210422123559.1dc647fb@coco.lan> <20210422100021.1a3f143c@gandalf.local.home> In-Reply-To: From: Sudip Mukherjee Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:31:15 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [MAINTAINER SUMMIT] Rethinking the acceptance policy for "trivial" patches To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Steven Rostedt , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , James Bottomley , ksummit@lists.linux.dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 3:07 PM Jiri Kosina wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Apr 2021, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > May I suggest that we have a separate tree for trivial patches like > > > the trivial.git tree that Jiri has and all trivial patches goes > > > > Funny that you suggest something that we already have and you mention. Yes > > Jiri had the trivial tree, but because it ends up being a lot of work, and > > if the maintainer of that tree doesn't have the time to maintain it, it > > becomes a dead end for those patches. > > > > It requires someone with a good enough reputation to maintain it, and that > > means most people who have that reputation do not have the time to maintain > > it ;-) > > Yeah, amen to that :) I know, shortage of maintainers and reviewers. I guess my suggestion was that all trivial patches goes via the trivial tree and to have a group of interested people reviewing patches which are submitted to trivial. > > That tree still sort of exists, I am collecting the patches that are sent > there every now and then in big batches, and those which are still > relevant by then I send to Linus afterwards. I think this is a big blocker. Unless patches are applied to the tree soon and added to linux-next, anyone creating patches based on that tree and sending the patch might/will see the patch irrelevant. -- Regards Sudip