Messages in this thread | | | From | Mike Frysinger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update maintainers for blackfin arch and drivers. | Date | Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:11:02 -0500 |
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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: > > > On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 15:48 +0800, Sonic Zhang wrote: > > > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > > > > > > > BLACKFIN ARCHITECTURE > > > > +M: Bob Liu <lliubbo@kernel.org> > > > > M: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> > > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > > > > > BLACKFIN RTC DRIVER > > > > -M: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> > > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > S: Supported > > > > F: drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c > > > > > > > > BLACKFIN SDH DRIVER > > > > -M: Cliff Cai <cliff.cai@analog.com> > > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > S: Supported > > > > > > > > BLACKFIN WATCHDOG DRIVER > > > > -M: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> > > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org > > > > S: Supported > > > > > > 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
> Maybe Analog Devices should create > an email address alias like > linux-devel@analog.com
so we should duplicate the ml into an alias to keep MAINTAINERS happy ? makes no sense. use the ml.
> btw, from blackfin.uclinux.org: > > ----------------------- > We are moving the open source help forums for u-boot, GNU Toolchain and > Linux for Blackfin to the Analog Devices' EngineerZone since Oct.24, > 2011. > > These old forums will turn to readonly after Nov.1st, 2011. Please only > ask new questions in the new Engineer Zone communities after the > launching. > --------------------- > > So maybe the support links should be: > http://ez.analog.com/community/dsp/open-source/linux-blackfin
no. the ml/trackers/source/etc... are still on blackfin.u.o. only the forums have moved, and generally the people sending patches aren't using those. -mike [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |