From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763774AbYD3Xf3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:35:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756613AbYD3XfR (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:35:17 -0400 Received: from smtp6.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.40]:35523 "EHLO smtp6.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756050AbYD3XfQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:35:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 02:34:31 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: David Woodhouse Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Paul Gortmaker , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tim Bird Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@vger list Message-ID: <20080430233431.GL29330@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <1209577322.25560.402.camel@pmac.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1209577322.25560.402.camel@pmac.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 06:42:02PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > Andrew Morton has been saying recently that we need an 'embedded > maintainer', to take responsibility for 'embedded issues' in the core > kernel, as well as trying to improve our relationship with those using > the Linux kernel for 'embedded' devices -- who have a reputation of > not working with us very closely; to their detriment as well as our > own. > > Various people, including myself, have been doing that kind of thing > on and off over the years anyway, but Andrew is probably right that > it's worth having someone listed in the MAINTAINERS file who actually > considers it their responsibility, and as a point of contact for > people seeking advice, review, etc. >... MAINTAINERS is mostly for finding the right contact for bug reports and patches. For what should I Cc you and for what should I Cc you not? > dwmw2 cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed