linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] Re: Storing Maintainers info around the kernel tree

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Message-ID: <46C5057C.5010602@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:18:36 +0200
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
CC:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	Salikh Zakirov <salikh@...il.com>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>,
	LKML Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, git@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: Storing Maintainers info around the kernel tree

On 08/17/2007 03:58 AM, Alan Stern wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Rene Herman wrote:
> 
>> On 08/16/2007 11:39 PM, Stefan Richter wrote:
>>> Rene Herman wrote:

>>>> I personally don't think there's a whole lot wrong with more and 
>>>> more expecting people who submit patches (for whom this automation 
>>>> is intended) to be using git.
>>> 
>>> You mean "people who frequently submit patches for various different
>>> subsystems".
>> 
>> Erm, I guess. Is that agreeing or disagreeing with me?
> 
> Don't forget also that the MAINTAINERS information is (or should be!)
> used by people who want to submit bug reports, not just by people who
> submit patches.  Bug reporters shouldn't need to use Git.

Like I said:

>> If it's about non-developer users, I suspect it would to a fairly large
>> degree be an "in theory" thing to expect that said user does want the
>> information in a downloaded releases, but not in git, and not online 
>> where git-web could also easily display all the information right 
>> alongside the files.

And again, generating the MAINTAINERS file/info into releases is fine as well.

Rene.
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