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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:43:14 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] hwmon updates against v2.6.26
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:03:01 +0200
Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
> 
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:53:24 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:39:03 +0200 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> > > I have a number of hwmon patches in my local kernel tree which I wrote
> > > and that have been reviewed by a trusted developer, or that have been
> > > posted to the lm-sensors list and that I have reviewed. I consider
> > > these ready to go upstream. I plan to gather these into a public tree
> > > and push them to Linus today or tomorrow. In the future, I will
> > > probably have such a tree available to be included in linux-next.
> > > 
> > > Don't get me wrong, I am _not_ volunteering to become the new hwmon
> > > subsystem maintainer. Remember, I've been there before and you know how
> > > it ended. But in the absence of a subsystem maintainer, I don't want
> > > hwmon patches to be lost (and especially not mine) and I don't think
> > > that pushing everything to Andrew is a good solution either. So I'm
> > > just proposing to do my part of the work. But if Andrew really prefers
> > > to pick all the patches, I am not insisting either.
> > 
> > That would be great, thanks.
> > 
> > But it does mean that I'd prefer that any hwmon patches which I pick up
> > are merged via that tree if that's OK.  Which all does end up making
> > you look awfully like an hwmon maintainer..
> 
> No, that's not OK, sorry. This goes beyond what I can offer at this
> point in time.
> 
> I offered to push selected patches to Linus, with no other guarantee
> than the fact that said patches have been carefully reviewed and are
> believed to be correct. I do not have the time to do more than that.
> 
> If this isn't OK with you, then I will have to withdraw my proposal.
> It's up to you.

<rereads>

Ah, I see, this tree is only things-which-Jean-wrote.  No probs here.
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