netdev - Re: [PATCH] libertas: drop maintainership

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Message-ID: <20130325185942.GC17454@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:59:43 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>,
	Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: drop maintainership

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 12:51:35PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 10:23 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 11:48 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > Would be better maintained by somebody who actualy has time for it.
> > []
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > []
> > > -MARVELL LIBERTAS WIRELESS DRIVER
> > > -M:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
> > > -L:	libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org
> > > -S:	Maintained
> > > -F:	drivers/net/wireless/libertas/
> > 
> > I think it better to mark it as Orphan
> > and maybe leave the list.
> > 
> > Maybe:
> > 
> > MARVELL LIBERTAS WIRELESS DRIVER
> > L:	libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org
> > S:	Orphan
> > F:	drivers/net/wireless/libertas/
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > MARVELL LIBERTAS WIRELESS DRIVER
> > S:	Orphan
> > F:	drivers/net/wireless/libertas/
> 
> I can do that; I wasn't quite sure how to do this.  A quick check showed
> patches that did what mine did, and oddly MAINTAINERS has no section for
> dropping maintainership that I could quickly find.  If this is what
> others prefer I'm happy to resubmit?

I probably would prefer an "Orphan" listing as well...

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John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@...driver.com			might be all we have.  Be ready.
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