linux-kernel - Re: MODULE

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Date:	Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:02:31 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: MODULE_MAINTAINER

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> > > Can we have a MODULE_MAINTAINER to complement MODULE_AUTHOR?
> > 
> > #define MODULE_MAINTAINER(x) MODULE_AUTHOR(x), please.
> > MODULE_AUTHOR really has meant maintainer in practice for ages, and it's
> > the only actually relevant for users information we should store.
> 
> I agree. The actual author information belong into the files copyright
> header. The MODULE_AUTHOR should only show the current maintainer and
> its email address. However this might need some cleanup. Maybe it is
> time that we sync the MAINTAINERS file with the MODULE_AUTHOR tag.

Or even remove the MODULE_AUTHOR tag?

Even if you would spend the time for syncing the > 1600 MODULE_AUTHOR 
tags today, I don't see this happen on an ongoing basis in the future.

> Regards
> 
> Marcel

cu
Adrian

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