linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Add co-maintainer for fbdev

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Date:	Mon, 27 May 2013 16:38:11 +0200
From:	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
To:	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Add co-maintainer for fbdev

On 23:41 Sun 26 May     , Florian Tobias Schandinat wrote:
> Hi Jean-Christophe,
> 
> On 05/24/2013 06:56 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Friday 24 May 2013, Olof Johansson wrote:
> >> [+akpm]
> > 
> > [+florian]
> 
> Thanks for CC'ing me. Lately I got dropped frequently from the
> mailinglist (after 1 or 2 days). Guess I should try subscribing via my
> own mail server.
> 
> >> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
> >> <plagnioj@...osoft.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi Florian,
> >>>
> >>>         As you seems very busy I'd like to propose the help you to handle the
> >>>         fbdev subsystem to easier the rich of the fbdev patch to Linus
> >>>
> >>>         As I'm working on fbdev on at91 and others and already Co-Maintain the
> >>>         at91 mach on ARM
> >>>
> >>>         And if you are not willing to continue I could take over
> 
> Yeah, it would be great if you could help, at the moment I get barely
> any sleep, let alone that I could keep up with the majority of mail I
> get. I'll let you decide whether you want to be sole maintainer or not.

I'd like to have feed back from others on this

> I still have interest in the subsystem, but it looks like VIA won't
> provide any information for their new VX11 chipset IGP for any open
> source driver and I'm still looking for a small, quiet mobile device as
> a replacement for my precious netbook that broke down last autumn to
> allow me working when I'm not at home.

I personnaly use a MacBook Air 11" with a powerpack to extend it to 15h of
battery
> 
> >> Andrew has been fallback fbdev maintainer for a while, we have the
> >> option of formalizing that as well. Adding him on cc so he sees this.
> 
> At this point I'd like to thank all people who have helped out so far,
> especially Tomi and Andrew.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Florian Tobias Schandinat
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