netdev - Re: ethtool needs a new maintainer

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Message-Id: <20160701.153339.91377321314961300.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:33:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gospo@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	john.fastabend@...il.com, linville@...driver.com,
	ben@...adent.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ethtool needs a new maintainer

From: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:31:34 -0400

> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 03:12:52PM -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
>> On 16-06-30 11:15 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 09:51:47AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 06:11:41PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> >>> I've become steadily less enthusiastic and less responsive as a
>> >>> maintainer over the past year or so.  I no longer work on networking
>> >>> regularly, so it takes a lot more time to get into the right state of
>> >>> mind to think about ethtool code, while I have other demands on my time
>> >>> that tend to take priority.
>> >>>
>> >>> So, I would like to find a new maintainer to take over as soon as
>> >>> possible.  Ideally the new maintainer would have previous contributions
>> >>> to ethtool and an existing account on kernel.org so that they can push
>> >>> to the git repository and the home page.  But neither of those is
>> >>> essential.  Please reply if you're interested.
>> >>
>> >> I would like to take this responsibility. My previous contributions
>> >> to ethtool are meager, but I think my skills and interests are suited
>> >> to the task.  Plus, I already have a kernel.org account... :-)
>> > 
>> > Are there any other takers?  Or is this a done deal?
>> > 
>> > John
>> > 
>> 
>> +1 for having John take it on :)
>> 
>> .JohnF
> 
> I'll add a +1 for John Linville to take it over as well!

I'm also perfectly fine with this.

We can add John to the list of delegates in patchwork at
patchwork.ozlabs.org and track ethtool patches there if we want.