Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Change my email address

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 12/14/21 10:22, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 10:04:03AM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> On 12/14/21 08:54, Hailiang Zhang wrote:
>>> The zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.com email address has been
>>> stopped. Change it to my new email address.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hailiang Zhang <zhanghailiang@xfusion.com>
>>> ---
>>> hi Juan & Dave,
>>>
>>> Firstly, thank you for your working on maintaining the COLO framework.
>>> I didn't have much time on it in the past days.
>>>
>>> I may have some time in the next days since my job has changed.
>>>
>>> Because of my old email being stopped, i can not use it to send this patch.
>>> Please help me to merge this patch.
>>
>> Can we have an Ack-by from someone working at Huawei?
> 
> Why do we need that ?

To avoid anyone impersonating Hailiang Zhang...

But it doesn't have to be from the same company, as long
as someone knowing him vouch the change. Anyhow I am not
nacking this patch, I am trying to have a safer process.

> Subsystems are not owned by companies.
> 
> If someone moves company and wants to carry on in their existing
> role as maintainer that is fine and doesn't need approva from their
> old company IMHO.

I agree, this is why it is better to send that kind of change
from the to-be-stopped email address while it is still valid.

Thanks,

Phil.