From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D50EBA04DD; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:28:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF04F94; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:28:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D93F90 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:28:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF4265C01E9; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:28:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:28:45 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm2; bh= DRnLfMjNL8ulIvWurGcuSOkTDXR1gdJoZhpbcfGgGxk=; b=vNXSwLWwaIBmHfHH k3PE5UrIwbG8jybUBMeS69qEwB9kYRbftg+lrKMKRMqpe3fl8oSjbHvWgIOWAqxJ GNzozChBv++qwIUZTYsjOvza0cHOucPR/So0tAPa6YceTpJrqtv9KEMQOdWuTgQV EbGNPZbhxVBeOHFgfZqk8J6irnQlZDb2Oh0X+GLyLwKHGvEvtSVnLu8VLhsbxnVC B6U9YqSLDt00pXUBvj8ZcC+cm5UrIei7py2ZQ7OXRK/1+TA7ozFlQFHceT3s2wQ6 05Kh5MKjUYujGOtSshlPSHqIboWBGGmNWENDE18QKYvHk5oPDHpN0LGeoEXJZ3cf ScmLsQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=DRnLfMjNL8ulIvWurGcuSOkTDXR1gdJoZhpbcfGgG xk=; b=mSicjmk1cynQjaP5GuexT/b7J5EpByh/wBQzKhLMxFpG+UCza7hVqSVI9 M5DzxRz0oDmxzTnS1tdCtvrZWpEMkHMa6P656zfoadiQKLCVQH6RIMEN/K8JCK9I 7Z7fkbTGpN1zNEa0N/8/tuNKZDRu67j54oIIOSTTomKV+uM4OZwlxKYel3Qg7pww mSJz1WxO4/wc7i4uI03ayeWO+fgLynOUkRR+YaStnwauxazq3u2TOFuXAShPZVb2 o8HCoY9AFG24tcIVIXlXKxvoF5atZIvef+bsA3Cbw+lqy2YP8o7oWxkVvR83Ivyx +ublb4maDDcs0H30JiT8AmIGXT/DQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrudefuddgudefkecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhm rghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeffvdffjeeuteelfeeileduudeugfetjeelveefkeejfeeigeeh teffvdekfeegudenucffohhmrghinhepughpughkrdhorhhgnecukfhppeejjedrudefge drvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhl fhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7D8EB3280063; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:28:44 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Radha Mohan , Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran Cc: Mahipal Challa , Radha Chintakuntla , Satha Koteswara Rao Kottidi , "dev@dpdk.org" , Veerasenareddy Burru , Satananda Burla Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:28:42 +0100 Message-ID: <5264517.tcxCQdgLY6@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20201110001938.174839-1-radhac@marvell.com> <17179405.ZpaCnA1xSU@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH] maintainers: Update for OcteonTx2 DMA and EP X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 16/11/2020 19:28, Radha Mohan: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 2:39 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 13/11/2020 20:18, Radha Mohan: > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:57 PM Mahipal Challa wrote: > > > From: Radha Mohan > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:44 PM > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 4:20 PM Radha Mohan Chintakuntla wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Replace the maintainers for OcteonTx2 DMA and EP drivers. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Radha Mohan Chintakuntla > > [...] > > > > >Adding previous maintainers to ack. > > > > Acked-by: Mahipal Challa > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mahipal > > > > > > Hi Thomas, > > > Could you please pick this patch ? > > > > This low-priority patch has been sent 4 days ago, > > and was acked by only 1 maintainer 3 days ago. > > > > It was acked by both the old maintainers Satha Koteshwar and Mahipal > Challa. Maybe both of those emails didn't come on top of each other. I missed one. > > Why pushing? What is your fear exactly? > > Just want to make the transfer of ownership official in the mainline. > There's no fear I just normally wanted to send a reminder to you to > pick as it might be missed inclusion. If there's a guarantee that all > ack'ed patches will go automatically then I won't be sending any > reminder emails in future. It's OK to send reminder, but please wait at least a week. > > Why the new maintainers candidates have 0 and 2 contributions > > in git history? > > > These drivers requires some maintenance and likely expanded to support > future chips from Marvell. So you will not see contributions right > away. > So to become a maintainer one has to have prior contributions ? Yes: http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/patches.html#maintainers-and-sub-trees " Maintainers should have demonstrated a reasonable level of contributions or reviews to the component area. The maintainer should be confirmed by an ack from an established contributor. " > Kind of makes odd sense as these drivers are specific to our chip and we > are changing ownership for maintaining them. > I do not understand why you have an issue here? > You don't like reminding then I understand. I don't like how you push new unconfirmed maintainers.