Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update maintainers for blackfin arch and drivers.

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Wed Nov 16 2011 - 12:11:05 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > M: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org
> > > >
> > > > BLACKFIN RTC DRIVER
> > > > -M: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org
> > > > S: Supported
> > > > F: drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
> > > >
> > > > BLACKFIN SDH DRIVER
> > > > -M: Cliff Cai <cliff.cai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > W: http://blackfin.uclinux.org
> > > > S: Supported
> > > >
> > > > BLACKFIN WATCHDOG DRIVER
> > > > -M: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > L: uclinux-dist-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > 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@xxxxxxxxxx

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

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