linux-kernel - Re: [i2c] Wanted: i2c subsystem co-maintainer

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Message-ID: <20080515101638.GC22585@trinity.fluff.org>
Date:	Thu, 15 May 2008 11:16:38 +0100
From:	Ben Dooks <ben@...nity.fluff.org>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Linux I2C <i2c@...sensors.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
Subject: Re: [i2c] Wanted: i2c subsystem co-maintainer

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:50:28AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:45:12 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > I have a hard time maintaining the i2c subsystem alone. New drivers
> > and, more importantly, subsystem evolutions are submitted much faster
> > than I can review and merge them. I am hearing complaints about this.
> > It has been lasting for a while now and it doesn't seem like the
> > situation is going to improve. Thus, I think it would be better if
> > someone was co-maintaining the i2c subsystem with me.
> > 
> > So, if anyone is interested in co-maintaining the i2c subsystem with
> > me, please let me know. The ideal candidate would come from the
> > embedded world, as I have absolutely no experience with this myself and
> > most of the new drivers are for embedded devices, and should have
> > contributed to the kernel in a significant way already.
> 
> Ben Dooks agreed to become my co-maintainer for the i2c subsystem. In
> particular, Ben will help with drivers for embedded systems, of which
> my experience is inexistent. Thanks Ben and welcome on board!
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
> ---
> Ben, please give by your ack on this patch, then I will push it
> upstream.

Sorry, my main mailbox got hit by a major spam flood, have mostly
sorted this out now.

> 
>  MAINTAINERS |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> --- linux-2.6.25-rc6.orig/MAINTAINERS	2008-03-21 10:58:23.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.25-rc6/MAINTAINERS	2008-03-23 15:16:11.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1883,6 +1883,8 @@ S:	Maintained
>  I2C SUBSYSTEM
>  P:	Jean Delvare
>  M:	khali@...ux-fr.org
> +P:	Ben Dooks
> +M:	ben-linux@...ff.org
>  L:	i2c@...sensors.org
>  T:	quilt http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/linux-2.6/jdelvare-i2c/
>  S:	Maintained
> 
> -- 
> Jean Delvare

-- 
-- 
Ben

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A:      One-third less calories than a regular year.

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