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

On 8/18/26 16:02, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 09:09:22AM -0500, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
>>
>> When succession is happening, it would be good to have the new person
>> shadow the outgoing person.
> 
> That's a good idea, where it's possible.  Have you suggested this to
> David and Andrew?  I know there are a lot of discussions about the
> succession within the mm subsystem, and since it's (from an outsider's
> perspective), it's a large and very healthy community, my personal
> preference would be to let the mm subsystem work through this
> succession, and then we can take learnings a year or so after the
> succession is complete.

I am not sure why we are suddenly discussing the MM transition here.

Liam, do you see a particular problem in the way we are currently tackling the
transition? Or was that just a general comment, independent of the MM thingy?

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Cheers,

David