Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: name the gregkh/tty tty-next branch

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 06:59:40PM +0800, Matthias Goergens wrote:
> The T: entries for 8250/16?50 (AND CLONE UARTS) SERIAL DRIVER and TTY
> LAYER AND SERIAL DRIVERS name gregkh/tty without a branch.  The
> repository's HEAD points to branch main, which mainline already
> contains.  linux-next merges the tty-next branch of this repository
> (Next/Trees).  Name that branch in both entries.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This is part of a cleanup of all T: entries whose repository HEAD is
> not where development happens: one patch per repository, sent in small
> batches.  The plan is at [1], and why it goes out in batches at [2].

Why is -next the valid branch here?  I was wondering how you were going
to deal with all of this...

Hint, -linus is for bugfixes "now" and -next is for the next release.
So why pick just one for this entry?  50% of the chance of getting it
right?

{sigh}

greg k-h