Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as private

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Nov 08 2021 - 18:42:18 EST


On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 12:30 -0800, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> From: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> VMware mailing lists in the MAINTAINERS file are private lists meant
> for VMware-internal review/notification for patches to the respective
> subsystems. So, in an earlier discussion [1][2], it was recommended to
> mark them as such. Update all the remaining VMware mailing list
> references to use that format -- "L: list@address (private)".
[]
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -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.

private makes no sense and likely these L: entries shouldn't exist.