Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:07:13 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/17] MAINTAINERS: Add drivers/staging entries |
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On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 02:26:22PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 14:12 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 11:49:34AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > Some drivers/staging directories use a TODO file with email entries. > > > Make the same entries in the normal MAINTAINERS file. > > > > No, please don't do this. I don't want to clutter up the MAINTAINERS > > file with staging stuff. > > It's not clutter when it helps get patches to the right reviewers > or responsible parties.
That's my job as staging maintainer, right? Am I somehow not doing this properly?
> > The get_maintainer.pl script handles staging > > patches just fine today without this being needed at all. > > Dubious. > > Many of these nominal maintainer email entries are not > found in git logs.
Many, but not all, as you pointed out.
> > I also found it a bit odd you didn't send these to the stable subsystem > > maintainer, why? > > The MAINTAINERS patches are forward going, not historical.
What does that mean?
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