Re: [linux-pm] Re: Storing Maintainers info around the kernel tree

[Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>]

On 08/17/2007 03:58 AM, Alan Stern wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Rene Herman wrote:
>
> > On 08/16/2007 11:39 PM, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > > Rene Herman wrote:

> > > > I personally don't think there's a whole lot wrong with more and 
> > > > more expecting people who submit patches (for whom this automation 
> > > > is intended) to be using git.
> > >
> > > You mean "people who frequently submit patches for various different
> > > subsystems".
> >
> > Erm, I guess. Is that agreeing or disagreeing with me?
>
> Don't forget also that the MAINTAINERS information is (or should be!)
> used by people who want to submit bug reports, not just by people who
> submit patches.  Bug reporters shouldn't need to use Git.

Like I said:

> > If it's about non-developer users, I suspect it would to a fairly large
> > degree be an "in theory" thing to expect that said user does want the
> > information in a downloaded releases, but not in git, and not online 
> > where git-web could also easily display all the information right 
> > alongside the files.

And again, generating the MAINTAINERS file/info into releases is fine as well.

Rene.
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