[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: make linux-mediatek list remarks consistent

Matthias Brugger matthias.bgg at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 09:11:21 EDT 2020



On 14/09/2020 12:20, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2020, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 14/09/2020 07:31, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
>>> Commit 637cfacae96f ("PCI: mediatek: Add MediaTek PCIe host controller
>>> support") does not mention that linux-mediatek at lists.infradead.org is
>>> moderated for non-subscribers, but the other eight entries for
>>> linux-mediatek at lists.infradead.org do.
>>>
>>> Adjust this entry to be consistent with all others.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn at gmail.com>
>>
>> Maybe rephrase the commit message to something like:
>> "Mark linux-mediatek at lists.infraded.org as moderated for the MediaTek PCIe
>> host controller entry, as the list actually is moderated."
>>
>> Anyway:
>> Reviewed-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg at gmail.com>
>>
>>> ---
>>> applies cleanly on v5.9-rc5 and next-20200911
>>>
>>> Ryder, please ack.
>>>
>>> Bjorn, Matthias, please pick this minor non-urgent clean-up patch.
>>>
>>> This patch submission will also show me if linux-mediatek is moderated or
>>> not. I have not subscribed to linux-mediatek and if it shows up quickly in
>>> the archive, the list is probably not moderated; and if it takes longer, it
>>> is moderated, and hence, validating the patch.
>>
>> I can affirm the list is moderated :)
>>
> 
> Hmm, do we mean the same "moderation" here?
> 
> I believe a mailing list with the remark "moderated for non-subscribers"
> means that a mail from an address that has not subscribed to the mailing
> list is put on hold and needs to be manually permitted to be seen on the
> mailing list.
> 
> Matthias, is that also your understanding of "moderated for
> non-subscribers" for your Reviewed-by tag?

Yes.

> 
> I am not subscribed to linux-mediatek. When I sent an email to the list,
> it showed up really seconds later in the lore.kernel.org of the
> linux-mediatek public-inbox repository. So, either it was delivered
> quickly as it is not moderated or my check with lore.kernel.org is wrong,
> e.g., mails show up in the lore.kernel.org archive, even they were not
> yet permitted on the actual list.
> 

I'm the moderator and I get requests to moderate emails. I suppose I added you 
to the accepted list because of earlier emails you send.

Regards,
Matthias



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