linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark UVC gadget driver as orphan

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Message-ID: <694f66f1-1b38-4d14-b52b-4610b619b517@ideasonboard.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:07:25 +0100
From: Dan Scally <dan.scally@...asonboard.com>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Michael Grzeschik <mgr@...gutronix.de>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Avichal Rakesh <arakesh@...gle.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark UVC gadget driver as orphan


On 13/08/2024 11:44, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> I haven't had time to maintain the UVC gadget driver for a long while.
> Dan Scally confirmed he is also in a similar -ENOTIME situation with no
> short term hope of fixing that. Being listed as maintainers doesn't help
> progress, so mark the driver as orphan to reflect the current state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Daniel Scally <dan.scally@...asonboard.com>
> Dan, could you please ack this patch ?
>
> Michael, feel free to take over if you want. You have been active on the
> code base recently, so that makes you the best candidate, even if I
> disagree with most of your technical decisions. I'm a bit sad to leave a
> driver I cared about without trust in its future, hopefully the future
> will prove I was wrong.
> ---
>   MAINTAINERS | 4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 8766f3e5e87e..e6df197f1a58 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -23819,10 +23819,8 @@ F:	drivers/media/usb/uvc/
>   F:	include/uapi/linux/uvcvideo.h
>   
>   USB WEBCAM GADGET
> -M:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> -M:	Daniel Scally <dan.scally@...asonboard.com>
>   L:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
> -S:	Maintained
> +S:	Orphan
>   F:	drivers/usb/gadget/function/*uvc*
>   F:	drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/webcam.c
>   F:	include/uapi/linux/usb/g_uvc.h
>