[PATCH] [RFC] MAINTAINERS: Daniel for drm co-maintainer

Eric Anholt eric at anholt.net
Mon Dec 10 23:42:09 UTC 2018


Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch> writes:

> lkml and Linus gained a CoC, and it's serious this time. Which means
> my no 1 reason for declining to officially step up as drm maintainer
> is gone, and I didn't find any new good excuse.
>
> I chatted with a few people in private already, and the biggest
> concern is that I mislay my community hat and start running around
> with my intel hat only. Or some other convenient abuse of trust.
>
> That's why this patch doesn't just need a lot of acks that mean "yeah
> seems fine to me", but a lot of acks that mean "yeah we'll tell you
> when you're over the line and usurp you from that comfy chair if you
> don't get it". Which I think we've been done a fairly good job here at
> dri-devel in general, but better to be clear.
>
> Rough idea is that I'll do this for maybe 2-3 years, helping Dave
> figure out a group model for drm overall. And getting the tooling and
> infrastructure for that off the ground. Then step down again because
> some other shiny thing that needs chasing. Of course as plans tend to
> do, this one will probably pan out a bit different in reality.

You've been an excellent leader of our community so far, and I don't
expect that to change just because you officially wear a new hat.

Acked-by: Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net>
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