Re: [PATCH] Edk2: Add Zhichao as the maintainer for shellbin relase

["Liming Gao" <liming.gao@intel.com>]

Leif:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Lindholm [mailto:leif.lindholm@linaro.org]
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 10:39 PM
> To: Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Cc: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao.gao@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io; Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>; Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>;
> Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Edk2: Add Zhichao as the maintainer for shellbin relase
> 
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 02:16:44PM +0000, Gao, Liming wrote:
> > Leif:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Leif Lindholm [mailto:leif.lindholm@linaro.org]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 5:18 PM
> > > To: Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> > > Cc: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao.gao@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io; Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>; Laszlo Ersek
> <lersek@redhat.com>;
> > > Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Edk2: Add Zhichao as the maintainer for shellbin relase
> > >
> > > I have no objection to this addition, but I do have two questions - and
> > > really I realise this is a follow-on for 81a8a52a6bb21  ("ShellBinPkg:
> > > Remove ShellBinPkg"):
> > >
> > > 1) Since ShellBinPkg no longer exists, what is the intent of listing
> > >    this in the Maintainers.txt file? Generally, this is so that people
> > >    know who to Cc: on patches - but there will not be any patches here.
> >
> > Here is the info who can be contacted to generate the binary files
> > for the quarter stable tag.
> 
> I agree this is important to keep somewhere. But I am unsure if
> Maintainers.txt is the location for that. Clearly it was when
> ShellBinPkg existed, but I am not sure now.
> 
> And yes, this is something I should have realised when ShellBinPkg was
> removed - but I didn't at that point. So there is no need to hold
> back this patch.
> 
OK. This patch can be pushed first. 

> But I think it would make possibly more sense to add this information
> either into a ShellPkg/Readme.md or the wiki. If we keep the
> information in Maintainers.txt, I would suggest creating a new
> section below "EDK II Releases:" with a W: entry pointing somewhere.

I will take your suggestion to move this info to EDK II Releases: section in Maintainers.txt.
I will send another patch for this change. 

Thanks
Liming
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Leif
> 
> > > 2) If Zhichao is now responsible for this, should Jaben and Ray still
> > >    be listed?
> > >
> > I think Jaben and Ray can be removed.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Liming
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Leif
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 05:58:16AM +0000, Gao, Liming wrote:
> > > > Reviewed-by: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
> > > >
> > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > >From: Gao, Zhichao
> > > > >Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 1:46 PM
> > > > >To: devel@edk2.groups.io
> > > > >Cc: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>; Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>; Leif
> > > > >Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>; Kinney, Michael D
> > > > ><michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel
> > > > ><ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>; Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> > > > >Subject: [PATCH] Edk2: Add Zhichao as the maintainer for shellbin relase
> > > > >
> > > > >Zhichao is responsible for the IA32 and X64 ARCH shell binary generation.
> > > > >
> > > > >Cc: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
> > > > >Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> > > > >Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
> > > > >Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> > > > >Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni@intel.com>
> > > > >Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> > > > >Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
> > > > >Signed-off-by: Zhichao Gao <zhichao.gao@intel.com>
> > > > >---
> > > > > Maintainers.txt | 1 +
> > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > > >
> > > > >diff --git a/Maintainers.txt b/Maintainers.txt
> > > > >index dcf81c737a..a0121123ec 100644
> > > > >--- a/Maintainers.txt
> > > > >+++ b/Maintainers.txt
> > > > >@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ Maintainers for stable Shell binaries generation
> > > > > when need to publish Shell binaries with edk2 release:
> > > > > M: Jaben Carsey <jaben.carsey@intel.com>      (Ia32/X64)
> > > > > M: Ray Ni <ray.ni@intel.com>                  (Ia32/X64)
> > > > >+M: Zhichao Gao <zhichao.gao@intel.com>        (Ia32/X64)
> > > > > M: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>   (ARM/AArch64)
> > > > > M: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> (ARM/AArch64)
> > > > >
> > > > >--
> > > > >2.21.0.windows.1
> > > >