Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Time to call it quits for the maintainer summit?

On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:54:31 -0400
James Bottomley <[email protected]> wrote:

> So I think we first need to start with the problem statement.  I think
> it's that Linus doesn't go to any other conferences except MS, so for
> him to discuss stuff with us in person, or us to discuss things with
> him the issue has to be scheduled for MS.

Honestly, I believe if Linus just came to Linux Plumbers and hung out and
talked with the developers there, it would allow him to get a good
representation of the happenings of his kernel.

That may make MS obsolete, and he wouldn't have to stay in a room for half
a day discussion various things that could have been BoFs at Plumbers.

When he sat in on the printk session in Dublin, he listen throughout the
presentation and then gave his opinion about it at the end. I thought that
was way more productive than any MS session we had. It wasn't just a
technical talk. It was about changing how printk worked and how it may
impact people who use it in various ways. Something that affects pretty
much all subsystems.

Plumbers has a much more diverse attendance with respect to things within
the kernel. I know Linus hates conferences but Plumbers is basically what
kernel summit used to be at a much larger scale.

-- Steve