PATCH: Maintainer/Credit update

PATCH: Maintainer/Credit update

[Alan Cox]

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- Roadrunner address is defunct
- 3c501/Z85230 are no longer maintained
- Update other stuff because I will be away for a year



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--- MAINTAINERS~	2003-08-20 12:45:37.000000000 +0100
+++ MAINTAINERS	2003-08-20 12:45:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@
 W:	http://www.linuxtr.net
 S:	Maintained
 
-3C501 NETWORK DRIVER
-P:	Alan Cox
-M:	alan@the.3c501.cabal.tm
-L:	linux-net@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained for 2.2 only
-
 3C505 NETWORK DRIVER
 P:	Philip Blundell
 M:	Philip.Blundell@pobox.com
@@ -2216,12 +2210,6 @@
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 
-Z85230 SYNCHRONOUS DRIVER
-P:	Alan Cox
-M:	alan@redhat.com
-W:	http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk/synchronous.shtml
-S:	Maintained for 2.2 only
-
 Z8530 DRIVER FOR AX.25
 P:	Joerg Reuter
 M:	jreuter@yaina.de
--- CREDITS~	2003-08-20 12:45:18.000000000 +0100
+++ CREDITS	2003-08-20 12:45:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -629,17 +629,18 @@
 S: USA
 
 N: Alan Cox
-W: http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk/alan.shtml
-E: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
-E: alan@www.linux.org.uk (linux.org.uk stuff)
-E: Alan.Cox@linux.org (if others fail)
+W: http://www.linux.org.uk/diary/
 D: Linux Networking (0.99.10->2.0.29)
 D: Original Appletalk, AX.25, and IPX code
-D: Current 3c501 hacker. >>More 3c501 info/tricks wanted<<.
+D: 3c501 hacker
 D: Watchdog timer drivers
 D: Linux/SMP x86 (up to 2.0 only)
 D: Initial Mac68K port
 D: Video4Linux design, bw-qcam and PMS driver ports.
+D: IDE modularisation work
+D: Z85230 driver
+D: Former security contact point (please use vendor-sec@lst.de)
+D: ex 2.2 maintainer
 D: 2.1.x modular sound
 S: c/o Red Hat UK Ltd
 S: Alexandra House

Re: PATCH: Maintainer/Credit update

[Marc-Christian Petersen]

On Wednesday 20 August 2003 13:46, Alan Cox wrote:

Hi Alan,

> - Update other stuff because I will be away for a year
away?? Why? :-(

ciao, Marc

Re: Next Month/Changes to where to send stuff

[Marc-Christian Petersen]

On Wednesday 20 August 2003 13:59, Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:

Hi Alan,

> On Wednesday 20 August 2003 13:46, Alan Cox wrote:
> he 2.2 tree needs a new maintainer, someone who can spend their entire
> life refusing patches, being ignored by the mainstream (because 2.2 is
> boring) and by vendors (who don't ship 2.2 any more). 

I want to take 2.2.

> I'm not sure what to do about the -ac patch. Most of the remaining stuff
> is "pending Marcelo" for 2.4 mainstream, but not the O(1) scheduler and
> some of the odder cool stuff (like the morse bits). As 2.6 becomes
> relevant 2.4-ac basically becomes a fixed collection of add-ons that
> aren't mainstream anyway. And of course there are other people keeping
> patch sets in the same way nowdays.

If you want, you can send me your -ac stuff backed out and I can feed the 
stuff to Marcelo.

ciao, Marc

Next Month/Changes to where to send stuff

[Alan Cox]

At the end of September I'm off back to University on a years sabbatical
from Red Hat to study for an MBA. I've made the decision that I'm
basically going to vanish for the year so I can concentrate on the
course, and on the pet side project of learning Welsh.

I've passed all my userspace projects on to other people already, and
I'll be vanishing from kernel space too (except to a few priviledged
processes ;)). Lots of people send me stuff as a gateway to getting it
into 2.4 and 2.6. Lots of people send me security related stuff.

Can you in future please send stuff to

Security: vendor-sec@lst.de
2.4: Marcelo/the list/someone he nominates to do that job
2.6: Andrew Morton or for small stuff Rusty Russell's trivial patch
manager. 

The 2.2 tree needs a new maintainer, someone who can spend their entire
life refusing patches, being ignored by the mainstream (because 2.2 is
boring) and by vendors (who don't ship 2.2 any more). 

I'm not sure what to do about the -ac patch. Most of the remaining stuff
is "pending Marcelo" for 2.4 mainstream, but not the O(1) scheduler and
some of the odder cool stuff (like the morse bits). As 2.6 becomes
relevant 2.4-ac basically becomes a fixed collection of add-ons that
aren't mainstream anyway. And of course there are other people keeping
patch sets in the same way nowdays.

A few years ago I'd have worried about doing this, the great thing is
that with the kernel community we have today I know I'm not a critical
cog in the machine. In fact I'm surrounded by people far better than I
am and we even have Andrew Morton to keep Linus in check 8)

Dal ati!

Alan

Re: Next Month/Changes to where to send stuff

[Aschwin Marsman]

On 20 Aug 2003, Alan Cox wrote:

> At the end of September I'm off back to University on a years sabbatical
> from Red Hat to study for an MBA. I've made the decision that I'm
> basically going to vanish for the year so I can concentrate on the
> course, and on the pet side project of learning Welsh.

Good luck, thanks for you're -ac kernels to keep me living on the edge.
 
> A few years ago I'd have worried about doing this, the great thing is
> that with the kernel community we have today I know I'm not a critical
> cog in the machine. In fact I'm surrounded by people far better than I
> am and we even have Andrew Morton to keep Linus in check 8)

I always like you're answers: brief, to the point (except this message ;-) ).
Thanx for you're excellent support, hope to see it again in the future.
 
> Alan
 
Have fun,
 
Aschwin Marsman
 
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