Re: [2.4 patch] remove obsolete IrDA list from MAINTAINERS

[Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com>]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:18:09PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Pawel Kot wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >
> > > Mail to the list that is in MAINTAINERS bounces and the new mailinglist
> > > doesn't accept mail from non-subscribers. Since you can find this new
> > > mailinglist at the IrDA web page it's IMHO the best to simply remove the
> > > mailing list entry from MAINTAINERS:
> >...
> > The new mailing list for Linux-IrDA is: irda-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> 
> I wrote in my mail "and the new mailinglist doesn't accept mail from
> non-subscribers". This makes a mailing list entry IMHO pretty useless
> since I try to Cc a mailing list listed in MAINTAINERS if possible when
> sending a patch / bug report in this area. With a mailing list that
> accepts only postings from subscribers such a mail bounces back.
> 
> The information how to subscribe to this list is available at the web page
> also in this MAINTAINER entry.

	Unfortunately, due to SPAM, this is nowadays pretty much
customary. I deal on a regular basis with dozen of lists related to
Linux-Wireless, and most of them are this way.

> > and the current mainainer is AFAIK Jean Tourrilhes
> > (jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com).
> 
> I have no knowledge about who currently maintains IrDA. I did only notice
> that an obsolete mailing list was listed in MAINTAINERS. If the
> responsible person listed is wrong it should be corrected.

	I'll correct that later on. I sent a patch earlier, but it was
dropped, so I need to resend it. The situation is more complex because
I don't maintain the *full* IrDA stack, and I'll probably add the
driver entries.

> cu
> Adrian

	Jean