Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: pwm: Thierry steps down, Uwe takes over

From: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	"Thierry Reding" <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org,
	Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>,
	kernel@pengutronix.de, linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: pwm: Thierry steps down, Uwe takes over
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:23:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bdfe5e63-6849-4025-80c1-e8071fce56f1@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6nj7rmq36hj5m26b7yhlbmpfps5wuxkx4zwyvttg4cpgocimj7@xtqm4qleo3s6>

On 21/12/2023 10:21, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> It's not easy to let go responsibility for a subsystem that one cared
> for for a long time, but Thierry realized that his heart isn't in the
> pwm framework any more.
> 
> Thierry cared for the pwm subsystem (commit 200efedd8766 ("pwm: Take
> over maintainership of the PWM subsystem")) as a maintainer during
> nearly 12 years. A big thanks for the time, effort and dedication spend
> during that time.
> 
> Uwe takes over maintenance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> Hello Thierry,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 04:59:47PM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 09:33:52PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 04:24:35PM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
>>>> It all adds up in the end and keeps me from doing other things.
>>>
>>> If that means you'd be glad to give up the PWM maintainer job, I'd
>>> happily take over this post.
>>
>> "Glad" is not the word that I would choose. After all I've looked after
>> this subsystem for almost 12 years, and letting it go isn't something
>> that is particularly easy. However, I do realize that my heart isn't in
>> it anymore and I don't want to be in the way of anyone.
>>
>> So I'll take you up on that offer. Do you want to send a patch?
> 
> Sure, here it comes.
> 
> I hesitated to remove you completely, but I guess you intended a clean
> cut? Or would you prefer to stay as a reviewer?
> 
> Usually I would have added you to CREDITS, but as you will continue to
> fill your various other responsibilities (I expect), this felt wrong.
> 
> Best regards
> Uwe
> 
>   MAINTAINERS | 5 ++---
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 5342cf32d73f..16c6aa0ad1ae 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17561,12 +17561,11 @@ F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/irled/pwm-ir-tx.yaml
>   F:	drivers/media/rc/pwm-ir-tx.c
>   
>   PWM SUBSYSTEM
> -M:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
> -R:	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> +M:	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
>   L:	linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org
>   S:	Maintained
>   Q:	https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-pwm/list/
> -T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thierry.reding/linux-pwm.git
> +T:	git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ukleinek/linux-pwm.git
>   F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.yaml
>   F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/
>   F:	Documentation/driver-api/pwm.rst
> 
> base-commit: 881791886bfa8e353c3203f95bfbaaeee25d2d50

Thanks Thierry for all support and work over pwm and your help for pwm-meson!

Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>

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