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>
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Cornelia Huck 2018-10-26 12:57:11 +02:00 committed by Peter Maydell
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@ -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.