Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:18:36 +0200 | From | Rene Herman <> | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] Re: Storing Maintainers info around the kernel tree |
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On 08/17/2007 03:58 AM, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Rene Herman wrote: > >> On 08/16/2007 11:39 PM, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> Rene Herman wrote:
>>>> I personally don't think there's a whole lot wrong with more and >>>> more expecting people who submit patches (for whom this automation >>>> is intended) to be using git. >>> >>> You mean "people who frequently submit patches for various different >>> subsystems". >> >> Erm, I guess. Is that agreeing or disagreeing with me? > > Don't forget also that the MAINTAINERS information is (or should be!) > used by people who want to submit bug reports, not just by people who > submit patches. Bug reporters shouldn't need to use Git.
Like I said:
>> If it's about non-developer users, I suspect it would to a fairly large >> degree be an "in theory" thing to expect that said user does want the >> information in a downloaded releases, but not in git, and not online >> where git-web could also easily display all the information right >> alongside the files.
And again, generating the MAINTAINERS file/info into releases is fine as well.
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