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SubjectRe: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: (max6650) Rename the device ids to contain the hwmon suffix
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On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 06:59:55PM +0000, Laszlo Papp wrote:
>> I think I'll let Jean handle this one.
>
> Guys, please be a bit more definite.
>
> We should get over this long ping-pong game. It has been clearly
> stated that either way is fine, and there was no objection for months
> to either way either, and now the feature is just not moving forward.
> This is the first time I have this sorrow experience that I am having
> here in hwmon, unfortunately. A lot of effort spent, and nothing got
> done.
>
> As I said before, disagreeing is fine and natural. What is not fine is
> wasting people's time for months and not making it clear what the
> hwmon maintainers want, and months later after the work, the opposite
> is claimed than before.
>
> I am sorry if it sounds harsh, but currently this is how I see the
> situation. If the MFD solution gets rejected, I consider it a huge
> maintainer mistake since both of you were involved, and have never
> ever spoken up for months that this would not be acceptable. In fact,
> as quoted earlier in this thread, the opposite had been said.
>
> I would like to get over the hwmon situation as soon as possible, so
> please guys kindly advise what you would *really* like to see. I do
> not really mind who makes the decision, but rejecting months of work
> due to miscommunication is still better than continuing the same!

(Alternatively, who is the higher-level decision maker over the
drivers (and hence driver subsystem maintainers) to ask for making a
final decision if you cannot make it?
I would hope for this being the last resort, but there is a point
where it is necessary to remain productive, in my opinion.)


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