[libvirt] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: New section "Incompatible changes", copy libvir-list

[Markus Armbruster]

Cornelia Huck <cohuck at redhat.com> writes:

> On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:54:12 +0200
> Thomas Huth <thuth at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On 16.07.2018 09:32, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> > Libvirt developers would like to be copied on patches to qemu-doc
>> > appendix "Deprecated features".  Do them the favor.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru at redhat.com>
>> > ---
>> >  MAINTAINERS | 4 ++++
>> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> > index 20eef3cb61..666e936812 100644
>> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> > @@ -2194,6 +2194,10 @@ M: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
>> >  S: Odd Fixes
>> >  F: docs/devel/build-system.txt
>> >  
>> > +Incompatible changes
>> > +R: libvir-list at redhat.com
>> > +F: qemu-deprecated.texi  
>> 
>> Should we have a maintainer for the file, too? (I guess not, because
>> deprecation patches should go through the specific subsystems...)
>
> I don't think adding a maintainer makes sense for this file.

This MAINTAINERS entry doesn't declare maintainers, only reviewers.

We can change that if a maintainer steps up.

>> And what about a "S:" line?
>
> I don't think that makes too much sense, either.
>
> If anything, qemu-deprecated.texi should be in a category 'maintained
> by everybody', i.e. qemu-devel. Just like qemu-doc.texi, which does not
> have an entry in MAINTAINERS at all.

Just like all the other files that lack a maintainer.