Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753379AbYKAQaO (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:30:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751450AbYKAQaA (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:30:00 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.179]:37887 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751307AbYKAQ37 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:29:59 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=M2PA+/+DqehlLHdPqpAZRuXmYB8V15VLLK4Y29nNkFTteeAaATn1tiK0r2LRZlO2KA JLCYc6///yfM6qfUUHCWuN/kt+//pXSCdO+dbzXDB8Xw3BdXabpjCZz39135n05T9pip vqdTyZyTbWKUUf0Tw9wj+fFEo0DlQUOSwMX1A= Message-ID: <84144f020811010929q579bebd7p8760d34631df2fd4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:29:58 +0200 From: "Pekka Enberg" To: "Devin Heitmueller" Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH 1/7] Adding empia base driver Cc: "Hans Verkuil" , "Markus Rechberger" , v4l , linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , em28xx , "Greg KH" , mchehab@infradead.org In-Reply-To: <412bdbff0811010919v3b336939qf94df1162ecbbb28@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200811011505.51716.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <412bdbff0811010846h2edd63bfn44536e8a1c72d17f@mail.gmail.com> <84144f020811010908h1220d209j799edca3eb772fd@mail.gmail.com> <412bdbff0811010919v3b336939qf94df1162ecbbb28@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 49f0a82b9128bdf2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1203 Lines: 21 On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > The reality is that from a technical standpoint I really want Markus > to be the maintainer. He knows more about the devices than anyone, > works for the vendor, and has access to all the datasheets. That > said, I don't want a situation where he is the *only* one who can do > work on the codebase because it is poorly commented and structured in > a way where only he can understand why it works the way it does. > Also, I believe certain design decisions should be made as a result of > consensus with the other maintainers, taking into consideration > consistency across drivers. I can understand that you want him to be the maintainer. But so far he hasn't really shown to be interested in doing that. It's just bit sad that the we don't have a proper driver given that the code exists and that there's a person who's willing to do the work to get it merged... -- 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/