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From: Matthew Kirkwood <matthew@hairy.beasts.org>
To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
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Subject: Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Alan, if MAINTAINERS scaled perfectly I wouldn't have had to spend
> three months just trying to figure out who was reponsible for each of
> the [Cc]onfig.in files.  And even with that amount of effort mostly
> failing.

I have a much simpler proposal, which appears to solve your
immediate problem, and would keep most people happy -- add a:

C: CONFIG_SCSI_BLARG

tag to MAINTAINERS.  If you _really_ insist, add an:

F: drivers/scsi/blarg.c
F: drivers/scsi/blarg.h

too.  It removes the ambiguity inherent in the current system,
without adding an overengineered solution with no obvious
advantages.

Matthew.

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