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

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 01:46:15PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> > There's also the point raised about more changes on the horizon, so we
> > either make it a part of the process, trust the succession planning
> > takes MS into account a year (or more) ahead of time, or risk a number
> > of first timers at MS.
>
> Personally, I'm not worried about first timers; in fact, having a
> first timers is a *feature* not a bug.  The opposite is the complaint
> that it's always the same "clique" attending the Maintainers Summit.

I mean it feels like you're batting things off again here :) if you want
more first timers you would have to make changes, your analysis on that was
rather flawed, another point which wasn't addressed:

"That puts the number of seats filled by one-time attendees at any
conference at 21.6%, not 44.9%."

http://lore.kernel.org/all/anii3u-87kSrB9K3@lucifer

>
> Cheers,
>
> 						- Ted

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Cheers, Lorenzo