linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Trees and MAINTAINERS of random drivers?

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:28:59 +0200
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Trees and MAINTAINERS of random drivers?

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:15 PM, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 13:09 +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> 26 dwmw2           git
>> git://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/random-2.6.git#master
>
> I'm misusing the word 'random' to mean 'miscellaneous' there; it's not
> for things related to entropy.
>

Hehe, that's a nice one and reminds of [1] (German).
A customer asking a hotline (focused on professional Linux support)
for "apache" support and at the end the guy was talking about "Apache
Air Assault" game.

...rename the branch to "misc"?
[ "misc" is IMHO a placeholder when someone finds no better meaningful
name, BTW I didn't look into your GIT tree. ]

- Sedat -

[1] http://www.heinlein-support.de/blog/blog/wenn-unser-support-an-seine-grenzen-stost/

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> dwmw2
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