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From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Who is going to merge it [Was: Re: [PATCH v14 0/17] Add Analogix
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:39:06 +0000
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 08:09:33AM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
> In this case, someone else may send an email again like you "who is going to merge?"
> That would be why we need a maintainer.
> 
> drm panel is already managed well by Thierry Reding without such confusion. 

You don't need a maintainer for every subdirectory just because it's
a subdirectory...

Sometimes, having too many maintainers adds beaurocracy which becomes
counter-productive.  dw_hdmi seems to be adequately managed so far
without there needing to be a "DRM bridge maintainer".

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