# Re: \[PATCH 2/2\] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as private

- From: Joe Perches \<joe@perches.com\>
- Date: 2021-11-08 23:38:07 
- List: virtualization
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/virtualization/2021/11/1566005
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2021/11/1565923/t.md

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On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 12:30 -0800, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> From: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <redacted>
> 
> VMware mailing lists in the MAINTAINERS file are private lists meant
> for VMware-internal review/notification for patches to the respective
> subsystems. So, in an earlier discussion [1][2], it was recommended to
> mark them as such. Update all the remaining VMware mailing list
> references to use that format -- "L: list@address (private)".
[]
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -6134,8 +6134,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
>  F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
>  
>  DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> -M:	"VMware Graphics" [ref]
>  M:	Zack Rusin [ref]
> +L:	linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com (private)

This MAINTAINERS file is for _public_ use, marking something
non-public isn't useful.

private makes no sense and likely these L: entries shouldn't exist.


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