Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756273AbYGGWiP (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:38:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754044AbYGGWiA (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:38:00 -0400 Received: from OSB1387.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:60639 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754040AbYGGWh7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:37:59 -0400 To: Stefan Richter Cc: Uwe =?iso-8859-2?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= , Oliver Neukum , "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" , David Woodhouse Subject: Re: [RFC] MAINTAINERS service, was: Re: alphabetic ordering of MAINTAINERS References: <20080704063455.GA13999@digi.com> <200807040852.27809.oliver@neukum.org> <20080704134426.GA32700@digi.com> <487217E1.2040205@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <48726BF6.8020308@s5r6.in-berlin.de> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:37:55 +0200 In-Reply-To: <48726BF6.8020308@s5r6.in-berlin.de> (Stefan Richter's message of "Mon\, 07 Jul 2008 21\:18\:14 +0200") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2410 Lines: 66 Stefan Richter writes: >> Unfortunately we can't enforce that. People are working with old >> kernels (think of heavily-modified vendor trees), people send patches >> against old kernels, and we accept such patches (if it makes sense, >> of course). > > If I get such patches and can apply them without /very/ much work, I > gladly take them of course too. > > But these are not the people anyway to which this maintainers lookup > service would be targeted to. They, too. Why not? > As I see it, the people who want such a > service are those who frequently send patches for various different > areas of the kernel. Sure, they too. > (OTOH, occasional posters who don't even check if their patch would > apply to a newer kernel too before they post it will probably also > have less interest in figuring out the 100% optimum To: and Cc: list > for their submission. And less skills. Though they would manage a single patch submission address I guess. > A "tell me a list of mail addresses; whatever > you give me, I am not really interested in the particulars" service > would not be an appropriate tool for these people.) I think it would. Why not? > Not at all. These are the forums where patches can be discussed in > more detail because knowledgeable people are subscribed there. You > also have archives which you can query for patch postings and their > discussions. Same here, except that it would be easier = "faster" and/or "possible". "Faster" for regular kernel contributors and "possible" for many occasional ones. > What you don't get is of course a unified "look and feel". Some list > archives are crap, some lists are subscriber-only, some kernel areas > are not covered by a special list. Not the most important points IMHO but yes, that too. > But the latter problem won't > really go away with the proposed maintainers lookup service. Well, I think it should. Why not? I don't say we replace mailing lists, far from it. I expect mailing lists to be subscribed to the service. Come on, the theory looks good but the thing needs to be created and _that_ may be the weak spot :-) -- Krzysztof Halasa -- 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/