Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] maintainers: fix responsibility of flow API bits

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 5/17/2018 12:26 PM, Iremonger, Bernard wrote:
> Hi Adrien,
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 
>>>>>> Subject: [PATCH] maintainers: fix responsibility of flow API
>>>>>> bits
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The following commits lack MAINTAINERS entries for this mess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fixes: 4d73b6fb9907 ("doc: add generic flow API guide")
>>>>>> Fixes: 19c90af6285c ("app/testpmd: add flow command")
>>>>>> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
>>>>>> Cc: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
>>>>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index
>>>>>> bd08d4292..187817fff
>>>>>> 100644
>>>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>> @@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ F: devtools/test-null.sh  Flow API
>>>>>>  M: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
>>>>>>  T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-net
>>>>>> +F: app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
>>>>>> +F: doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
>>>>>
>>>>> doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
>>>>> Should be added to the list of flow related files.
>>>>
>>>> I did not add it because there is no way to split responsibility on
>>>> a documentation section basis AFAIK, and only a fraction of this
>>>> file contains information about rte_flow-related stuff.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Adrien Mazarguil
>>>> 6WIND
>>>
>>> There are already several maintainers for testpmd, adding another maintainer
>> for the flow parts of this file should be ok (I think).
>>
>> True, however providing an exact file name instead of a directory or wildcard
>> makes me the main maintainer/contact for that specific file (e.g. "app/test-
>> pmd/cmdline_flow.c" vs. "app/test-pmd"), basically I do not want to be
>> responsible for the entirety of testpmd's documentation.
>>
>> How about the following instead: another patch that extracts the flow
>> command documentation in its own file (testpmd_flow.rst?) using the include
>> directive (somewhat like cmdline_flow.c). This patch will update MAINTAINERS
>> accordingly.
>>
>> --
>> Adrien Mazarguil
>> 6WIND
> 
> Sounds good to me.

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.

(Another patch will separate testpmd_flow.rst? and add maintainership for it)