From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423091Ab3FUDIp (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:08:45 -0400 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:45796 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422901Ab3FUDIo (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:08:44 -0400 Message-ID: <1371784123.19215.10.camel@joe-AO722> Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Hans J. Koch entries From: Joe Perches To: "Hans J. Koch" Cc: Pavel Machek , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Michal Simek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:08:43 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20130621025031.GG4775@local> References: <086bdaf83fe546bd3c7fe163e565a0887770770f.1369317710.git.michal.simek@xilinx.com> <71c482e15ee32fa304db73b984f6d5a63441cd92.1369317710.git.michal.simek@xilinx.com> <51A5E644.1040901@monstr.eu> <51AC8D43.100@monstr.eu> <20130603210513.GA22606@kroah.com> <20130620160126.GB22115@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <1371745227.2146.13.camel@joe-AO722> <20130621025031.GG4775@local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 04:50 +0200, Hans J. Koch wrote: > Does each little driver really need a MAINTAINERS entry? Hi Hans. I think a lot of those driver MAINTAINERS entries are maybe a little useful when the driver is just written but are progressively less useful after a few months. I once wrote a little script to look at whether or not each listed maintainer had signed-off on a patch to a listed file block for whatever time frame. Most had not. I'd rather people put their names in CREDITS than MAINTAINERS if they want posterity entries. > In my opinion, it should only be there if it is clear > that it's not just a short project work. I mostly agree with that, but sometimes it's useful when the implementation is a bit complex and the original author may still have some memory of the complexity. Anyway, I'm not resubmitting that patch. If you want to remove yourself from whatever entry, please do.