linux-kernel - Re: MODULE

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Message-ID: <20070426202436.GZ3468@stusta.de>
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:24:36 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: MODULE_MAINTAINER

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> writes:
> 
> > What exactly is missing that the kernel Bugzilla doesn't already offer?
> 
> Basically... unless I'm mistaken, nothing of the sort exists there.
> 
> Bugzilla is a database of bugs. What is needed is a database of
> people, mailing lists and some network resources.
> 
> How do I easily retrieve maintainer's email address for a given
> subsystem from Bugzilla?

Ah, now I get what you want.

You only get this information from MAINTAINERS plus knowledge who 
recently touched which code (git helps with the latter).

The problem with such a database would be the same as with the 
MAINTAINERS file: The information becomes outdated, and someone has to 
maintain it.

Sending a patch against MAINTAINERS is easy - I don't see a 
WWW-browseable database being in any respect better than the 
MAINTAINERS file.

> Krzysztof Halasa

cu
Adrian

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