Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: correct entry for LVM
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>, Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org>,
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On 11/04/16 22:08, Joe Perches wrote:
> I'm a native English speaker and I think that's a not
> a good argument.
> 
> Having the same entry for M: and L: where M: isn't an
> actual person is not a great idea.
> 
> The list is not a maintainer.
> 
> 
Depends on your definition of maintainer ...

To me, it means "should be notified of anything maintenance-related". By
that definition the list is a maintainer. And what do you do if you
don't have a person designated as maintainer? Do you send everything to
/dev/null?

A list is for general discussion, advice, whatever. Those two
definitions are not mutually exclusive, and therefore the list email
address may need to be identified as both/and, hence the two entries.

Cheers,
Wol