Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:52:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:52:10 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:22538 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:51:57 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:51:56 +0100 (CET) From: Dave Jones To: Andreas Dilger Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Steven Walter , Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] unchecked request_region's in drivers/net In-Reply-To: <20011227163130.N12868@lynx.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Andreas Dilger wrote: > common directories like drivers/net/foo.c. In the top-level MAINTAINER > file would only be something like "Marcello Tosatti" to cover the > entire tree, and e.g. "David Miller" in the net/MAINTAINER, "Al Viro" in > the fs/MAINTAINER, "Stephen Tweedie" in fs/ext3/MAINTAINER, etc. Indeed, this solves the keeping the list up to date with whats in the tree, and has provision for arbitary numbers of METOO: fields (Though that could get messy, whats to stop Linus getting bombed with a zillion additions from people who just want to get their name in a kernel tarball for free). One way could be approval from the actual maintainer "Yes, he's sent lots of patches, add him to METOO:". It does seem a little messy having them scattered all over the tree too. Extending top-level MAINTAINERS to add necessary fields could also be done I suppose. Dave. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs - 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/