[Mesa-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] OpenSWR driver addition

[Roland Scheidegger]

Am 01.03.2016 um 00:56 schrieb Rowley, Timothy O:
> 
> On Feb 29, 2016, at 3:47 PM, Roland Scheidegger
> <sroland at vmware.com<mailto:sroland at vmware.com>> wrote:
> 
> Am 29.02.2016 um 22:07 schrieb Rowley, Timothy O: Modest ping:
> haven’t had any comments on these patches for a few days. Patches
> look ok to me (for the parts I looked at and commented on).
> 
> I don’t have freedesktop git write privileges, so once the patches 
> are cleared it would be great if someone could push them.
> 
> I don't think that's going to work. A driver needs to be maintained,
> and a complete driver where the maintainer doesn't have commit access
> sounds like a bad idea to me. You should probably apply for git
> access, unless you can find someone else who wants to work on the
> driver…
> 
> I’m willing to be the maintainer, but was trying to follow the path
> usually taken towards commit access: build up a history of patches
> and then ask for access.  I can request early access if you think
> this will help the process.
> 

Yes, that generally makes sense, but you've got a whole driver which you
basically own, so you really ought to be able to commit without having
to ask someone else to do it.
Besides, while you may not have written all that many patches, those
initial patches look like enough LOCs to me ;-).

Roland