Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Hans J. Koch entries

From: Hans J. Koch
Date: Thu Jun 20 2013 - 22:50:50 EST


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:20:27AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 18:01 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Anyway, Hans disappeared, so Greg takes patches, again.

I wasn't able to take part in kernel development because I was heavily
involved in hardware development project. I always thought it would be just
a few more days, but then it became half a year. I know I should have given
an explanation and didn't. Sorry for that.

>
> Maybe this is appropriate then.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 69fea4f..dc9d04a 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5253,9 +5253,8 @@ F: Documentation/hwmon/max16065
> F: drivers/hwmon/max16065.c
>
> MAX6650 HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
> -M: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> L: lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -S: Maintained
> +S: Orphan
> F: Documentation/hwmon/max6650
> F: drivers/hwmon/max6650.c

ACK to that one. It was never my idea to have a MAINTAINERS entry for that.
Jean Delvare suggested it, so it came in. The MAX6650 was in a project I was
working on 6 years ago, and I wrote the driver at that time. Meanwhile, I
don't even have hardware with a MAX6650 anymore.

Does each little driver really need a MAINTAINERS entry? In my opinion, it
should only be there if it is clear that it's not just a short project work.

>
> @@ -8795,7 +8794,6 @@ F: fs/hostfs/
> F: fs/hppfs/
>
> USERSPACE I/O (UIO)
> -M: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> S: Maintained
> F: Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl

Well, you can do that if you want. But I still feel associated with UIO
and sincerely hope I'm back again to fulfill my duties as a maintainer.

Thanks,
Hans
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