On Mon, 05 Feb 2024, Andrew Lunn wrote:
This should have 'net' in the subject line, to indicate which tree its for.
No, it shouldn't.
Contributors aren't obliged to know anything about merging strategies.
With netdev, we tend to assume they do, or at least can contribute to the discussion. They often know about any dependencies etc which could influence the decision. When there are multiple subsystem maintainers involved, i tend to use To: to indicate the maintainer i think should merge the patch, and Cc: for the rest.
This isn't a netdev patch. :)
We make no such stipulation for any of the subsystems I maintain.
The subject line should indicate which subsystem the commit pertains to, not which maintainer will merge it or which tree it's merged via. In this case, it's drivers/leds, so "leds: " is fine.
Why does this need to go in via net?
It does not, as far as i'm aware. Christian, do you know of any reason?
It's pretty early in the cycle and there are no cross-subsystem deps yet, as far as I'm aware.