Re: [PATCH] [545/2many] MAINTAINERS - XEN HYPERVISOR INTERFACE

[Chris Wright]

* Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:55:36 -0700 Chris Wright wrote:
> > * joe@xxxxxxxxxxx (joe@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > > +F:	arch/i386/xen/
> > > +F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
> > > +F:	drivers/xen/
> > > +F:	include/asm-i386/xen/
> > > +F:	include/xen/
> > 
> > I think this data will easily become stale.  What is the point again?
> 
> Agreed.  But not everyone wants to or should have to use git,
> so what are the alternatives?

Between git (or gitweb), existing MAINTAINERS and a bit of common
sense (or extra sleuthing), I never perceived a significant problem.
Alternative could be to place info directly in source files.  If not
all of MAINTAINERS info, it could be a tag to reference the relevant
MAINTAINERS entry.

thanks,
-chris
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