MAINTAINERS: clarify some of the tags

The MAINTAINERS file is a bit sparse on information about what
the different designators are. Let's add some more information
to give contributors a better idea about what the different
roles are.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20181026105711.29605-1-cohuck@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f7182643630013eb505c04cf47ed31a65f6dab62..ba52b8c77b007c889e996a6b30e52c0c709ac2cf 100644 (file)
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ consult qemu-devel and not any specific individual privately.
 Descriptions of section entries:
 
        M: Mail patches to: FullName <address@domain>
+          Maintainers are looking after a certain area and must be CCed on
+          patches. They are considered the main contact point.
        R: Designated reviewer: FullName <address@domain>
           These reviewers should be CCed on patches.
+          Reviewers are familiar with the subject matter and provide feedback
+          even though they are not maintainers.
        L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
+          These lists should be CCed on patches.
        W: Web-page with status/info
        Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site
        T: SCM tree type and location.  Type is one of: git, hg, quilt, stgit.