linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: drop two usb-serial subdriver entries

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:27:09 +0200
From:	Matthias Urlichs <matthias@...ichs.de>
To:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: drop two usb-serial subdriver entries

Hi,

Johan Hovold:
> > > -USB OPTION-CARD DRIVER
> > > -M:	Matthias Urlichs <smurf@...rf.noris.de>
> > > -L:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
> > > -S:	Maintained
> > > -F:	drivers/usb/serial/option.c
> > 
> > Why are we taking away the maintainership of these individual drivers
> > from these developers?  I had no problem giving you the drivers I was
> > supposed to be in charge of, but I need a signed-off-by from Matthias
> > and Oliver for these if they want to do the same.
> 
> I honestly thought you had just missed these entries when you removed
> individual maintainership for the other usb-serial drivers with the
> motivation that the developers were not around and that maintainership
> for individual drivers did not make much sense anymore (as consolidation
> proceeds, I read). (These two entries were also not grouped with the
> others.)
> 
> Oliver and perhaps also Mathias are still around, but the option driver
> is now down to about 200 LOC (including boilerplate) when not counting
> the id table, while the kl5kusb105 is currently at about 400 LOC
> (including boilerplate) since I converted it to use the generic
> implementation a few years ago.
> 
> Oliver and Mathias, what do you think of this? Would you be willing to
> sign off on this patch?
> 
Fine by me. While I am indeed "still around", Option doesn't need a
maintainer any more -- the thing just works, and I do not see any need
for driver-specific changes other than additions to the ID table.

You hardly need a maintainer for that.

-- 
-- Matthias Urlichs

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