linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS

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Message-ID: <20070813202158.GH18945@stusta.de>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:21:58 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, joe@...ches.com,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jeremy@...source.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:19:38PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap@...cle.com) wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:55:36 -0700 Chris Wright wrote:
> > > * joe@...ches.com (joe@...ches.com) wrote:
> > > > +F:	arch/i386/xen/
> > > > +F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
> > > > +F:	drivers/xen/
> > > > +F:	include/asm-i386/xen/
> > > > +F:	include/xen/
> > > 
> > > I think this data will easily become stale.  What is the point again?
> > 
> > Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> > so what are the alternatives?
> 
> Between git (or gitweb), existing MAINTAINERS and a bit of common
> sense (or extra sleuthing), I never perceived a significant problem.

For active kernel developers like you and me it's not a problem.

But for other people it's non-trivial to always figure out who the 
maintainer of some part of the kernel is.

> Alternative could be to place info directly in source files.  If not
> all of MAINTAINERS info, it could be a tag to reference the relevant
> MAINTAINERS entry.

Having the information in MAINTAINERS is what creates the least 
redundancies.

> thanks,
> -chris

cu
Adrian

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