linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] modules: begin maintainer transition

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Message-ID: <20161028115744.4dc24f2a@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:57:44 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:     "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PULL] modules: begin maintainer transition

On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:16:15 +1030
Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:

> Being a Linux kernel maintainer has been my proudest professional
> accomplishment, spanning the last 19 years.  But now we have a surfeit
> of excellent hackers, and I can hand this over without regret.

So somebody needs to say this, I can't be the only one thinking it...
Thanks, Rusty, for all you did over all those years.  The technical work
was great, but what you did to make the community a more welcoming,
interesting, and fun place was just as important.  We'll miss you around
here!

jon

P.S. I will admit that I'm still annoyed at how you took all the
profanity out of the early kernel docs.