Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758541AbXHSAdN (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:33:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752517AbXHSAdE (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:33:04 -0400 Received: from DSL022.labridge.com ([206.117.136.22]:1059 "EHLO perches.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752370AbXHSAdD (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:33:03 -0400 Subject: Re: tracking MAINTAINERS versus tracking SUBSYSTEMS From: Joe Perches To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:32:58 -0700 Message-Id: <1187483578.4200.51.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2-2.1mdv2007.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1270 Lines: 38 On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 13:35 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > $ show_subsystem drivers/bluetooth/bpa10x.c > BLUETOOTH "what's a subsystem"? I'm not sure there is an appropriate definition. If there is an appropriate definition, why should anyone care what subsystem a particular file is in? > 1) it reduces the MAINTAINERS file back to what it should be in the > first place -- a simple reference list of each kernel subsystem, and > who's responsible for it, so that constant reshuffling of files or > directories in a particular subsystem doesn't require constant > updating of the MAINTAINERS file. I'd still be happy if MAINTAINERS went away. I'm not sure what good it does other than have a link to mailing lists that otherwise might not be CC'd on patches. > thoughts? For user submission of bug reports, perhaps it'd be more useful to have a submitkernelbugreport script and a network enabled "dispatch bug report" to appropriate maintainers service. Try something out and see what happens. Good luck. Joe - 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/