Re: [2.4 patch] MAINTAINERS: remove LAN media entry

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Thu Mar 11 2004 - 17:53:49 EST


On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:22:36AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> > It's a question whether removing drivers from a stable kernel series is
> > a good idea, but the following is definitely correct:
> >
> >
> > --- linux-2.4.26-pre2-full/MAINTAINERS.old 2004-03-07 16:48:59.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.4.26-pre2-full/MAINTAINERS 2004-03-07 16:49:09.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -1077,12 +1077,6 @@
> > W: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/knfsd/
> > S: Maintained
> >
> > -LANMEDIA WAN CARD DRIVER
> > -P: Andrew Stanley-Jones
> > -M: asj@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > -W: http://www.lanmedia.com/
> > -S: Supported
> > -
> > LAPB module
> > P: Henner Eisen
> > M: eis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>
> I think it might be better to change to
>
>
> LANMEDIA WAN CARD DRIVER
> S: UNMAINTAINED
>
> Thoughts?

I discussed this with Sam in the subthread regarding the 2.6 version of
this patch:
It seems to be the more common practice that non-maintained drivers
don't have an entry in MAINTAINERS.

cu
Adrian

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