Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261815AbUCKWx2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:53:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261809AbUCKWx1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:53:27 -0500 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:54212 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261815AbUCKWxJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:53:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:53:01 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Daniel Egger , Linux Kernel Mailinglist , jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.4 patch] MAINTAINERS: remove LAN media entry Message-ID: <20040311225301.GG14833@fs.tum.de> References: <20040307155008.GM22479@fs.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1516 Lines: 51 On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:22:36AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > It's a question whether removing drivers from a stable kernel series is > > a good idea, but the following is definitely correct: > > > > > > --- linux-2.4.26-pre2-full/MAINTAINERS.old 2004-03-07 16:48:59.000000000 +0100 > > +++ linux-2.4.26-pre2-full/MAINTAINERS 2004-03-07 16:49:09.000000000 +0100 > > @@ -1077,12 +1077,6 @@ > > W: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/knfsd/ > > S: Maintained > > > > -LANMEDIA WAN CARD DRIVER > > -P: Andrew Stanley-Jones > > -M: asj@lanmedia.com > > -W: http://www.lanmedia.com/ > > -S: Supported > > - > > LAPB module > > P: Henner Eisen > > M: eis@baty.hanse.de > > > > I think it might be better to change to > > > LANMEDIA WAN CARD DRIVER > S: UNMAINTAINED > > Thoughts? I discussed this with Sam in the subthread regarding the 2.6 version of this patch: It seems to be the more common practice that non-maintained drivers don't have an entry in MAINTAINERS. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/