[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Jean Delvare]

Hi all,

I think it is about time to have a dedicated list for i2c, instead of
having a single list for hardware monitoring (sensors) and i2c. There
are more and more non-sensors users for the i2c bus (for example
media/video adapters, RTC chips) and more different connectivities for
sensors (for example SPI) so having a single list makes less and less
sense.

I'm certain that some people refrain from subscribing to our list
because they are only interested in one of the topics and don't want to
bother filtering manually. Also, having different lists may help us
bring more neutrality to the i2c subsystem, which has been
sensors-oriented for a long time for historical reasons. I have already
taken several steps to separate both in the kernel but there's still a
significant way to go.

If we create a list for i2c, then we should have a dedicated list for
w1 as well. Thanks to Axel Thimm we have a nice Mailman installation so
creating new lists shouldn't be a problem.

What do others think?

-- 
Jean Delvare

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Jean" = Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> writes:

Hi,

 Jean> If we create a list for i2c, then we should have a dedicated list for
 Jean> w1 as well. Thanks to Axel Thimm we have a nice Mailman installation so
 Jean> creating new lists shouldn't be a problem.

 Jean> What do others think?

+1 from here..

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Mark M. Hoffman]

Hi Jean:

* Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> [2006-06-13 14:20:05 +0200]:
> I think it is about time to have a dedicated list for i2c, instead of
> having a single list for hardware monitoring (sensors) and i2c. There

(...)

> What do others think?

(for the record) I agree.

Regards,

-- 
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman at lightlink.com

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Jean Delvare]

Quoting myself:

> I think it is about time to have a dedicated list for i2c, instead of
> having a single list for hardware monitoring (sensors) and i2c. There
> are more and more non-sensors users for the i2c bus (for example
> media/video adapters, RTC chips) and more different connectivities for
> sensors (for example SPI) so having a single list makes less and less
> sense.

The balance being in favor of a separate list for i2c by 3 to 0, let's
do that. This raises the question of what w1 will become. If i2c has a
seperate list, keeping w1 in the lm-sensors list would be confusing.

Evgeniy, I think you should have a separate list for w1, like we plan
to do for i2c. We can host the list for you on lm-sensors.org's mailman
if you want, or if you prefer you can move to a different place. Your
call, just let us know.

-- 
Jean Delvare

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Evgeniy Polyakov]

On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 05:08:55PM +0200, Jean Delvare (khali at linux-fr.org) wrote:
> Evgeniy, I think you should have a separate list for w1, like we plan
> to do for i2c. We can host the list for you on lm-sensors.org's mailman
> if you want, or if you prefer you can move to a different place. Your
> call, just let us know.

Just drop w1 from lm_sensors.
Currently w1 users directly send me patches and questions, so mail list
is not needed, but if there will be strong requirement for that I will
either create one myself, or will contact you.

Thank you.

> -- 
> Jean Delvare

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Jean Delvare]

Evgeniy,

> On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 05:08:55PM +0200, Jean Delvare (khali at linux-fr.org) wrote:
> > Evgeniy, I think you should have a separate list for w1, like we plan
> > to do for i2c. We can host the list for you on lm-sensors.org's mailman
> > if you want, or if you prefer you can move to a different place. Your
> > call, just let us know.
> 
> Just drop w1 from lm_sensors.
> Currently w1 users directly send me patches and questions, so mail list
> is not needed, but if there will be strong requirement for that I will
> either create one myself, or will contact you.

OK, fine with me. If so, can you please submit a patch for the kernel
removing the reference to this list for W1 in MAINTAINERS?

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Evgeniy Polyakov]

On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 07:05:01PM +0200, Jean Delvare (khali at linux-fr.org) wrote:
> > Currently w1 users directly send me patches and questions, so mail list
> > is not needed, but if there will be strong requirement for that I will
> > either create one myself, or will contact you.
> 
> OK, fine with me. If so, can you please submit a patch for the kernel
> removing the reference to this list for W1 in MAINTAINERS?

Sure.
I will send it to Greg Kroah-Hartman tomorrow with link to this thread.

> Thanks,
> -- 
> Jean Delvare

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov

[lm-sensors] Dedicated mailing list for i2c

[Jean Delvare]

Quoting myself again:
> > I think it is about time to have a dedicated list for i2c, instead of
> > having a single list for hardware monitoring (sensors) and i2c. There
> > are more and more non-sensors users for the i2c bus (for example
> > media/video adapters, RTC chips) and more different connectivities for
> > sensors (for example SPI) so having a single list makes less and less
> > sense.
> 
> The balance being in favor of a separate list for i2c by 3 to 0, let's
> do that.

This is done, we have a new list. People interested in i2c development
(core, bus drivers, chip drivers) are invited to subscribe:
http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c

Then I will update the references in the Linux kernel trees, in our
subversion source repositories, and on our website. After that, all
discussions related to i2c should be directed to this new list instead
of the lm-sensors list.

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare