Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update maintainers for blackfin arch and drivers.

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Wed Nov 16 2011 - 13:35:55 EST


On Wednesday 16 November 2011 12:43:29 Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 12:11 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 November 2011 11:36:15 Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 10:20 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 16 November 2011 08:12:06 Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > > Drivers or arches without specific people to maintain
> > > > > them really should not have "S: Supported".
> > > > > These should really be "S: Orphan".
> > > >
> > > > all the drivers are still maintained. use the L: option to find the
> > > > maintainer.
> > >
> > > I believe I know how the MAINTAINERS
> > > entries work.
> > >
> > > From MAINTAINERS:
> > > M: Mail patches to: FullName <address@domain>
> > > L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
> > >
> > > Mailing lists aren't maintainers.
> >
> > they contain all the maintainers
>
> That's akin to lkml as the kernel maintainer.

no it isn't

> > > Maybe Analog Devices should create
> > > an email address alias like
> > > linux-devel@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > so we should duplicate the ml into an alias to keep MAINTAINERS happy ?
>
> When there is a company but not individuals responsible for
> an arch or drivers, then yes.

and that company already has a documented contact point. have you found a
time when a Blackfin question posted to the list wasn't answered ? i doubt it.

> > makes no sense. use the ml.
>
> You mean the list that bounces my email?

your e-mail isn't bouncing. i specifically configured things to silently
moderate/accept e-mail from people.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.blackfin.kernel.devel/6125
(i'd show you this thread, but gmane has a bug when multiple lists are listed
and things only get archived under one -- lkml in this case)

and i just checked the configuration. your e-mail is explicitly listed under
the accept_these_nonmembers field.

and i received your original replies via the blackfin ml. i'm not subscribed
to lkml, so there's no other way i could have seen your posts.
-mike

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