Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [RFC PATCH 3/3] libnvdimm, MAINTAINERS: Subsystem Profile

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Nov 26 2018 - 10:55:17 EST


On Mon, 2018-11-26 at 09:12 -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Hi Jani,
>
> Em Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:10:25 +0200
> Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>
> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hmm.. Perhaps the subsystem profile should point to IRC channels if any?
> > > Several subsystems use them in order to provide newbies some directions
> > > and to discuss other development issues.
> >
> > MAINTAINERS:
> >
> > C: URI for chat protocol, server and channel where developers
> > usually hang out, for example irc://server/channel.
> >
> > Alas very few subsystems have added that.
> >
> > I actually fear very few subsystems will add a subsystem profile for
> > that matter.
>
> Sorry for a late reply. In the case of the media subsystem, we
> actually use 2 different channels, one when the matter is related
> to digital TV (#linuxtv) and another one for the rest (#v4l), both
> at freenode.
>
> That's something that wouldn't fit well into MAINTAINERS file, as
> we can't explain what should be used for each.
>
> So, the way it is it won't work well for us.

So maybe add a comment to both like:

C: <URI1> # only for digital tv #linuxtv
C: <URI2> # everything else