Re: [PATCH 0/3] IDE-ACPI: Fine-tuning for a function

[Julia Lawall]

On Sat, 26 Dec 2015, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Sat, 2015-12-26 at 13:12 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> > IDE is in deep freeze maintainence mode.
> > 
> > Therefore patches that perform simplications and cleanups will
> > not be accepted.
> 
> Maybe there should be something like a README
> in drivers/ide that says that.
> 
> Maybe the MAINTAINERS entry for "IDE SUBSYSTEM"
> should be something like:
> 
> S:	Frozen - critical fixes only

This could be a good idea.  Sometimes I hold off on sending patches for 
things becuse I have the impression that the subsystem doesn't want minor 
fixes, but I could be wrong, and if one could have a deterministic way to 
know, it could be better for everyone.

julia
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