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Message-ID: <1348641845.13371.132.camel@smile>
Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:44:05 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.linux@...il.com>,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv1 6/6] MAINTAINERS: add recently created files to
 dw_dmac section

On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 09:57 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: 
> On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 16:37 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 06:19 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: 
> > > You also added yourself as a maintainer.
> > > Congrats/sympathies, etc...
> > Actually I prefer to be just a supporter, because I introduce few
> > additional files. But if I understood correctly, there is no way to
> > distinguish person statuses in one section.

> True, the status refers to the section, not the person.

> Supported is a nominally "higher" level of stewardship
> than maintainer.  Supported is supposed to mean you get
> paid to look after the code.
Ah, thanks for explanation. Apparently I misunderstood the meaning of
that status. So, I meant one level more, than just a contributor.

> I think of these section blocks as one of the ways to
> get the appropriate people to look at patches and bug
> reports.
Okay, that what I was thinking to fit myself into.


-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy
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