Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update maintainers for broadcom USB
From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Oct 07 2022 - 03:26:02 EST
On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 12:19:01AM -0700, Justin Chen wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 11:59 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 11:46:45PM -0700, Justin Chen wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 11:26 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 04:21:09PM -0700, justinpopo6@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > > From: Justin Chen <justinpopo6@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > Al Cooper is no longer the downstream maintainer for broadcom USB.
> > > > > I will be taking his place as downstream and as an additional
> > > > > upstream maintainer.
> > > >
> > > > What do you mean by "downstream" here?
> > > >
> > > Downstream as in internal to Broadcom. Apologies for the confusion.
> >
> > Ok, but then why are these all gmail.com addresses? Why not use your
> > proper work addresses instead so that we can at least validate that the
> > patches are coming from a broadcom.com domain?
> >
> I believe the idea is we can continue to support as maintainers even
> if we are no longer part of broadcom without having to change emails.
> I believe Florian should be able to comment more. :)
So in other words, broadcom email servers do not allow sending patches
out without mangling the text? :)
thanks,
greg k-h