Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver | From | Chris Boot <> | Date | Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:00:52 +0100 |
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On 15/06/2020 00:28, Finn Thain wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jun 2020, Chris Boot wrote: > >> I expect that if someone finds this useful it can stick around (but >> that's not my call). > > Who's call is that? If the patch had said "From: Martin K. Petersen" and > "This driver is being removed because it has the following defects..." > that would be some indication of a good-faith willingness to accept users > as developers in the spirit of the GPL, which is what you seem to be > alluding to (?).
If you're asking me, I'd say it was martin's call:
> SCSI TARGET SUBSYSTEM > M: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> [...] > F: drivers/target/ > F: include/target/
>> I just don't have the time or inclination or hardware to be able to >> maintain it anymore, so someone else would have to pick it up. >> > > Which is why most drivers get orphaned, right?
Sure, but that's not what Martin asked me to do, hence this patch.
-- Chris Boot bootc@boo.tc
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