linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Hans J. Koch entries

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jun 2013 04:50:31 +0200
From:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Hans J. Koch entries

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:20:27AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 18:01 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Anyway, Hans disappeared, so Greg takes patches, again.

I wasn't able to take part in kernel development because I was heavily
involved in hardware development project. I always thought it would be just
a few more days, but then it became half a year. I know I should have given
an explanation and didn't. Sorry for that.

> 
> Maybe this is appropriate then.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 69fea4f..dc9d04a 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5253,9 +5253,8 @@ F:	Documentation/hwmon/max16065
>  F:	drivers/hwmon/max16065.c
>  
>  MAX6650 HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
> -M:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>
>  L:	lm-sensors@...sensors.org
> -S:	Maintained
> +S:	Orphan
>  F:	Documentation/hwmon/max6650
>  F:	drivers/hwmon/max6650.c

ACK to that one. It was never my idea to have a MAINTAINERS entry for that.
Jean Delvare suggested it, so it came in. The MAX6650 was in a project I was
working on 6 years ago, and I wrote the driver at that time. Meanwhile, I
don't even have hardware with a MAX6650 anymore.

Does each little driver really need a MAINTAINERS entry? In my opinion, it
should only be there if it is clear that it's not just a short project work.

>  
> @@ -8795,7 +8794,6 @@ F:	fs/hostfs/
>  F:	fs/hppfs/
>  
>  USERSPACE I/O (UIO)
> -M:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>
>  M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl

Well, you can do that if you want. But I still feel associated with UIO
and sincerely hope I'm back again to fulfill my duties as a maintainer.

Thanks,
Hans
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