Fw: linux-2.4/MAINTAINERS, i2c drivers

[simon@voxel.at (DI Dr Simon Vogl)]

Hi,
well really, I have been quiet -- I finished my PhD in winter
and several projects kept me busy. As I don't see much free time
for me to restart active development in this area, I am perfectly
happy with this change.

Simon


Jean Delvare wrote:
> (Looks like simon@tk.uni-linz.ac.at doesn't work anymore.)
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:59:46 +0200
> From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> To: Simon Vogl <simon@tk.uni-linz.ac.at>, Frodo Looijaard
> <frodol@dds.nl>
> Cc: sensors@Stimpy.netroedge.com, greg@kroah.com
> Subject: linux-2.4/MAINTAINERS, i2c drivers
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Simon and Frodo,
> 
> I am planning to submit a patch to the MAINTAINERS file in Linux 2.4.
> It seems that the "I2C DRIVERS" record is out of date. Frodo regularly
> forwards mails to our mailing list. I haven't heard from Simon for
> months. You both made remarkable work on Linux I2C layer, but maybe it's
> time to update the record to point to active developers, lists and web
> sites. It would ease communications between all actors, wouldn't it?
> 
> I volunteer to be the new maintainer of the i2c subsystem in 2.4. Greg
> is already doing a great job in 2.6.
> 
> To the questions now:
> 
> Is a record update OK?
> 
> Are the following mailing list and web site still alive?
> L:      linux-i2c@pelican.tk.uni-linz.ac.at
> W:      http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/~simon/private/i2c
> Should they be kept in the record?
> 
> Here is my proposal of new record. Please tell me what you do think
> about it:
> 
> I2C DRIVERS
> P:      Jean Delvare
> M:      khali@linux-fr.org
> L:      sensors@stimpy.netroedge.com
> W:      http://www.lm-sensors.nu/
> S:      Maintained
> 
> Would it make sense to split the record into "I2C SUBSYSTEM" and "SENSOR
> DRIVERS"? "I2C DRIVERS" doesn't really make sense, there are much more
> I2C drivers in the kernel than just ours. On the other hand, we have
> non-sensor drivers in our repository.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> 

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