On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:43:14 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:03:01 +0200 > Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> wrote: > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:53:24 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:39:03 +0200 Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> wrote: > > > > I have a number of hwmon patches in my local kernel tree which I wrote > > > > and that have been reviewed by a trusted developer, or that have been > > > > posted to the lm-sensors list and that I have reviewed. I consider > > > > these ready to go upstream. I plan to gather these into a public tree > > > > and push them to Linus today or tomorrow. In the future, I will > > > > probably have such a tree available to be included in linux-next. > > > > > > > > Don't get me wrong, I am _not_ volunteering to become the new hwmon > > > > subsystem maintainer. Remember, I've been there before and you know how > > > > it ended. But in the absence of a subsystem maintainer, I don't want > > > > hwmon patches to be lost (and especially not mine) and I don't think > > > > that pushing everything to Andrew is a good solution either. So I'm > > > > just proposing to do my part of the work. But if Andrew really prefers > > > > to pick all the patches, I am not insisting either. > > > > > > That would be great, thanks. > > > > > > But it does mean that I'd prefer that any hwmon patches which I pick up > > > are merged via that tree if that's OK. Which all does end up making > > > you look awfully like an hwmon maintainer.. > > > > No, that's not OK, sorry. This goes beyond what I can offer at this > > point in time. > > > > I offered to push selected patches to Linus, with no other guarantee > > than the fact that said patches have been carefully reviewed and are > > believed to be correct. I do not have the time to do more than that. > > > > If this isn't OK with you, then I will have to withdraw my proposal. > > It's up to you. > > <rereads> > > Ah, I see, this tree is only things-which-Jean-wrote. No probs here. Things that I wrote or reviewed, yes. Put in short, things I am already involved in, so there is no extra cost for me to push them to Linus. -- Jean Delvare
