From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752869AbXDQIqE (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:46:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752885AbXDQIqE (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:46:04 -0400 Received: from smtp-102-tuesday.nerim.net ([62.4.16.102]:4949 "EHLO kraid.nerim.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752869AbXDQIqB (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:46:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:45:58 +0200 From: Jean Delvare To: "Mark M. Hoffman" Cc: LM Sensors , LKML , Hans de Goede , David Hubbard , Rudolf Marek , Juerg Haefliger , Krzysztof Helt Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Hardware monitoring subsystem maintainer position is open Message-ID: <20070417104558.0ff9a230@hyperion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <20070415150320.GA3158@jupiter.solarsys.private> References: <20070410150227.1bac05b5@hyperion.delvare> <20070415150320.GA3158@jupiter.solarsys.private> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.5 (GTK+ 2.10.6; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Mark, On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:03:20 -0400, Mark M. Hoffman wrote: > Hi Jean, et al: > > * Jean Delvare [2007-04-10 15:02:27 +0200]: > > I am resigning from my role as hardware monitoring subsystem > > (drivers/hwmon) maintainer. This is too much work for me, I do not have > > the necessary bandwidth to review all the incoming patches, in > > particular new drivers, in a timely manner. Patch authors have been > > complaining about this repeatedly. This is no fun for them, and even > > less for me, so I'd rather let someone else with more spare time take > > care of it. If there are volunteers, this is the right time to speak up. > > > > I will still be maintaining the individual hardware monitoring drivers > > I am listed for in file MAINTAINERS (adm1025, f71805f, lm83 and lm90) > > as well as the I2C subsystem. No change here. > > > > I will continue to feed -mm with pending hwmon patches until 2.6.21 > > final is released, then I'll send everything I have to Linus for > > 2.6.22-rc1, the last of which will be: > > (...) > > /me throws hat in > > I volunteer to become the new MAINTAINER, but in a much more limited sense > of the term than Jean is/was. I can take care of a couple git trees, and do > some detailed reviews when I have time. For the most part, I will have to > rely on others to do reviews as well. This is excellent news, thanks for volunteering. We have been working together for a long time now and I'm happy to see you take the lead. You have my blessing. > I would not be volunteering for this role, if Juerg and others had not also > volunteered to be more active reviewers. > > As for the discussions later in this thread about process... IMHO that's a > little premature. I intend to get brand new stuff into -mm perhaps a little > earlier than Jean did... but it still ain't going to Linus before it's ready. > Other than that, I would rather just see what works for me and for you (other > hwmon authors). > > Assuming no one else wants the job (ruik?) I'll start working with Jean to > get things set up as soon as I can. Great. I'll help you make the transition as smooth as possible. -- Jean Delvare