Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

From: Wanlong Gao
Date: Sun Jun 05 2011 - 07:22:28 EST


On 6/5/11, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:12:03 -0600
> Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> We had to say goodbye when David passed away recently. David had a
>> huge impact on our community, both personally in the lives of the
>> people he worked with, and technically in the design and maintenance
>> of several subsystems. He is greatly missed.
>>
>> He also leaves behind a number of much loved subsystems now orphaned.
>> This patch updates the MAINTAINERS file for the areas that David was
>> responsible for. While it removes Davids name from the MAINTAINERS
>> file, it by no mean should be seen as forgetting David's involvement
>> or the work he's accomplished. Indeed, his name remains prominent
>> in the changelog and copyright notices of many files in the kernel.
>
> Could always move him into CREDITS instead ?
He live in our hearts forever.

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