Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:45:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:45:46 -0500 Received: from kaboom.dsl.xmission.com ([166.70.87.226]:6065 "EHLO mail.oobleck.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:45:38 -0500 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:45:36 -0700 (MST) From: Chris Ricker Reply-To: Chris Ricker To: Linus Torvalds Cc: World Domination Now! Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin In-Reply-To: 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 Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: > It might not be a bad idea to just make that "mention maintainer at the > top of the file" the common case. You snipped the part I was actually interested in. Let me try again. We're agreed that the files themselves are the best indicator of where to route patches, and that MAINTAINERS isn't useful for much besides deciding who should get IPO offers ;-). What I'm wondering is where I, as someone who is listed in some of the Documentation/* stuff as its maintainer, should be sending patches. You want a hierarchy, and I think that's perfectly reasonable, but I have no idea who the layer of the hierarchy between me and you is.... later, chris - 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/