linux-kernel - Re: About the maintainer of "MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES"

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0809302248150.2307@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:55:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alessandro Rubini <ar@...dd.com>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...ion.unipv.it>
Subject: Re: About the maintainer of "MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES"

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:

> I just wrote to Alessandro in order to have some suggestions about a 
> misc device I wish to propose to this list, but he told me that he wants 
> leave his maintanership.
> So which is the person should I send my requests about misc devices?
> He also asked to me to propose to this list a "patch" to remove him
> from the MAINTANERS file... if so the new entry should be:
> MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES [GENERAL]
> L:      linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> S:      Maintained

I in fact never understood what this maintainers entry meant ... what is 
the device in question here?

Anyway, something for Andrew



From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] remove "Mouse and Misc devices" from MAINTAINERS

remove "Mouse and Misc devices" from MAINTAINERS

Alessandro himself claims that he gives up maintainership, and to be 
frank, I don't have a clue what this entry is about.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

--- 

 MAINTAINERS |    6 ------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 3596d17..3d9635f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2818,12 +2818,6 @@ M:	ppisa@...ron.com
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk (subscribers-only)
 S:	Maintained
 
-MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES [GENERAL]
-P:	Alessandro Rubini
-M:	rubini@...vis.unipv.it
-L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
-
 MOXA SMARTIO/INDUSTIO/INTELLIO SERIAL CARD
 P:	Jiri Slaby
 M:	jirislaby@...il.com
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