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

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Message-Id: <20080930230644.107e6428.kristoffer.ericson@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:06:44 +0200
From:	Kristoffer Ericson <kristoffer.ericson@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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 22:55:40 +0200 (CEST)
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:

> 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?

I thought mouse was a part of linux-input? Or am I missing something?
Besides that misc thingie is really creepy, makes me feel Ive
missed something.

> 
> 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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