From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6715DA04DD; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:31:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE305C872; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:31:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-lj1-f181.google.com (mail-lj1-f181.google.com [209.85.208.181]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE6DC86E for <dev@dpdk.org>; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:31:28 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-lj1-f181.google.com with SMTP id s9so3938519ljo.11 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:31:28 -0800 (PST) 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=zQ1SqNgEQE0WZKdmy/j275dhHjLZv7Zi5z0Qed0CHac=; b=LcplNC9EMOlsptGLa5oxtIilltJcDzvVC/0G6oLnxX40suA7aKtcLmDYohjTQ4Ikzh DLjytixN9PdJdU10FO7OpeUyIplSZWOOdT2IpQEW9RVSXsH1K8TiF9xozAtCyvPEs4By K7UeytUEpYJskTqFYFAz2r6qDDNPb3v0I75P/l5SJlm6xZ77jq+1MByaYwvtAlSXzhCv MC2FcufBzv6XkBoUZGlp4Pn8Y3Mtw1gVt6QPjrhW7VLFiUgs6THmcj51J0WDsSrSviUG 75LfR1zmNTn2ZcvViKEcLqsIlWkMFP5U0AaVkyFLkSo9Nq9ur3mCPCqqCscn6t8rCy+q nxVQ== 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=zQ1SqNgEQE0WZKdmy/j275dhHjLZv7Zi5z0Qed0CHac=; b=C2y+Jzja09HRYe2hK5gez7I2Rj9eWFdl7MtOwS5Yzb+8qghpQ/ye9z3BvxBXr2WA6l aCFl+3ON9Qr3iaZjjR1/KGQ2vkMAxyAVJ/sihVmkUv8AY84T533zvDQMOTIMUV0pTSYh a7Tz0Jzlxq6VakSMNn+2ecbEkTLSdseKBGQBGnMTy32DKJHPsZJMGHNFusZ+tMxbvtBE ePSAdGjFDPfzXuSlMImgE9cvCVLL9gHrNJopZABef0FdOOkTllHY2EvfhP0+XwD4FraZ YA2sz69NTchKUZWzppavQ143BooMkN9KtKk1GSjVibJFUw27KAVLfpPkV2GYiQv+psrX /Pjg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533tx754EqRWEWmUQT4lMstwAu5t61zzuSgE0IeGyIyiIPwBiJrX tCIwp1g/z+gGQi7LxXqOMpNYasE2Jfk9H+SwwYI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxppMeuEPJNuB/aivNSJBjvHFwYjS+A0iaLAP1vLLdNjlh30EtzqC941DRrnmzedLKP0kXJvaT03eUYZqTihv4= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:3313:: with SMTP id d19mr4231914ljc.236.1605735087307; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:31:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201110001938.174839-1-radhac@marvell.com> <5264517.tcxCQdgLY6@thomas> <CAC8NTUU7p5JAoq0-EO_3fd0o5LARcs+RwkU+n7WJD3aHN7rKsg@mail.gmail.com> <4090240.s8fMJe6Fhk@thomas> In-Reply-To: <4090240.s8fMJe6Fhk@thomas> From: Radha Mohan <mohun106@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:31:15 -0800 Message-ID: <CAC8NTUVNETSsKU4kUnowm6nS_8WDDYZW5PGbBb47ryvM-xd4aA@mail.gmail.com> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> Cc: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>, Mahipal Challa <mchalla@marvell.com>, Radha Chintakuntla <radhac@marvell.com>, Satha Koteswara Rao Kottidi <skoteshwar@marvell.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com>, Satananda Burla <sburla@marvell.com>, David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:15 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote: > > 18/11/2020 05:15, Radha Mohan: > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 12:28 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote: > > > 16/11/2020 19:28, Radha Mohan: > > > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 2:39 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote: > > > > > 13/11/2020 20:18, Radha Mohan: > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:57 PM Mahipal Challa <mchalla@marvell.com> wrote: > > > > > > From: Radha Mohan <mohun106@gmail.com> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:44 PM > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 4:20 PM Radha Mohan Chintakuntla <radhac@marvell.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Replace the maintainers for OcteonTx2 DMA and EP drivers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Radha Mohan Chintakuntla <radhac@marvell.com> > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > >Adding previous maintainers to ack. > > > > > > > Acked-by: Mahipal Challa <mchalla@marvell.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > " > > > > How was this done without prior contributions? > > http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/MAINTAINERS?id=238e3167ca869abf44fa50ead022d7fc3b99605b > > I asked a confirmation: > http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/1985242.AXpOyGb66D@thomas/ Right. But in this case I got different. > > > > The commit log says that he is a "new developer". So am I technically > > to the community. > > > > Also the thing that puzzles me most is its a driver specific to > > Marvell and both the previous maintainers are ok with the transfer but > > a strange rule that probably applies to generic things of dpdk code > > (which really makes sense there) comes as a blocker. > > Did I say it is a blocker? Maybe I got that impression from your comments. > > > And how does new driver go? > > For new drivers, the new maintainers arrive by contributing new code. > > > Lets say if either myself or veerasena have pushed a new driver now > > who has to ack it for inclusion ? Isn't that like a chicken and egg > > problem. > > Nobody has to ack for a new driver. > > > I am looking for clarifications as things are different in other open > > source communities. > > > > > > 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. > > > > Could you please explain above commit made into new maintainer? > > Listen: I say I don't like how pushy you are, that's all. > In general it's very good to have new contributors. > But please think how you can help instead of just requesting. > We have a lot more important things to care at the moment > to close the big release 20.11. If you want to help, you are welcome. > ok fair enough. For my defence i wasn't being pushy. So hopefully this updation can be taken once you are able to do after 20.11. >