On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 17:07 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 02:26:22PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 14:12 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 11:49:34AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > Some drivers/staging directories use a TODO file with email entries. > > > > Make the same entries in the normal MAINTAINERS file. > > > No, please don't do this. I don't want to clutter up the MAINTAINERS > > > file with staging stuff. > > It's not clutter when it helps get patches to the right reviewers > > or responsible parties. > That's my job as staging maintainer, right? Am I somehow not doing this > properly? You can take on all the jobs you want, but automated tools that allow others to perform those actions and simultaneously reduce individual workload are better. > > > I also found it a bit odd you didn't send these to the stable subsystem > > > maintainer, why? > > The MAINTAINERS patches are forward going, not historical. > What does that mean? It means that relatively few people are developing against old kernel versions and patches to MAINTAINERS rarely, if ever, need backporting. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
