linux-kernel - Re: drivers/char/random.c needs a (new) maintainer

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Message-ID: <20201224191404.GC22388@amd>
Date:   Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:14:04 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>
Cc:     Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        Vito Caputo <vcaputo@...garu.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Ray Strode <rstrode@...hat.com>,
        William Jon McCann <mccann@....edu>,
        zhangjs <zachary@...shancloud.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>,
        Peter Matthias <matthias.peter@....bund.de>,
        Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        And y Lavr <andy.lavr@...il.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.cz>, simo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: drivers/char/random.c needs a (new) maintainer

Hi!

> > Any updates on that?
> > 
> > I don't believe Torsten's concerns are simply about *applying* patches
> > but more about these long periods of radio silence. That kills
> 
> Exactly. I could live with replies in the style of "old" Linus like:
> "Your code is crap, because it does X and Y". Then I knew how to
> proceed. But this extended silence slows things down a lot.

Well... you know. We now have code of conflict, so maintainers are not
supposed to tell submitters that their code is ****. So... you get
silence.
								Pavel
-- p
http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek

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