linux-kernel - Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] [497/2many] MAINTAINERS

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Message-ID: <46C067AE.3090409@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:16:14 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
CC:	joe@...ches.com, linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-usb-users@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, johannes@...felt.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] [497/2many] MAINTAINERS - USB HUB DRIVER

David Brownell wrote:
> Is there general agreement that these "F:" entries should be used?
> Rather than, say, embedding references in the relevant parts of
> the source tree, adjacent to those files, where they would be more
> visible to people making relevant changes.
> 
> I'm also concerned with the reality that the MAINTAINERS file is
> not accurate.  The $SUBJECT patch is one example; the named maintainer
> is no longer active (in that area, at least) and the named driver is
> not actually separable from the rest of usbcore.  Better IMO to just
> remove the "hub driver" entry.

I don't speak for Joe, but:  If there is a good mapping from MAINTAINERS
to paths then more submitters will use MAINTAINERS more frequently.  A
side effect would be that outdated entries in MAINTAINERS would become
apparent more quickly, and updated more quickly.  Of course that's just
speculation --- but your comment on this "hub driver" entry, prompted by
Joe's patch, seems to support that speculation.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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