linux-kernel - [patch 2.6.21-rc2] parport is an orphan

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Message-Id: <200702281514.21402.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:14:20 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>, philb@....org,
	tim@...erelk.net
Subject: [patch 2.6.21-rc2] parport is an orphan

The writing on the wall seem to be that the parport stack is orphaned,
rather than maintained by four folk ... and having a webpage that says
the latest patches are based on a 2.5 kernel.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Index: g26/MAINTAINERS
===================================================================
--- g26.orig/MAINTAINERS	2007-02-28 12:46:00.000000000 -0800
+++ g26/MAINTAINERS	2007-02-28 12:47:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -2552,16 +2552,8 @@ L:	i2c@...sensors.org
 S:	Maintained
 
 PARALLEL PORT SUPPORT
-P:	Phil Blundell
-M:	philb@....org
-P:	Tim Waugh
-M:	tim@...erelk.net
-P:	David Campbell
-P:	Andrea Arcangeli
-M:	andrea@...e.de
 L:	linux-parport@...ts.infradead.org
-W:	http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 
 PARIDE DRIVERS FOR PARALLEL PORT IDE DEVICES
 P:	Tim Waugh
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