From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f207.google.com ([209.85.219.207]:36700 "EHLO mail-ew0-f207.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750893AbZKGSbf convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:31:35 -0500 From: Ivo van Doorn To: Luis Correia Subject: Re: [announce] new rt2800 drivers for Ralink wireless & project tree Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:31:36 +0100 Cc: Pavel Machek , Ingo Molnar , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap , "John W. Linville" , Johannes Berg , Jarek Poplawski , Pekka Enberg , David Miller References: <200911031951.05235.bzolnier@gmail.com> <20091107173028.GA1932@ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200911071931.37165.IvDoorn@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Saturday 07 November 2009, Luis Correia wrote: > Pavel, > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 17:30, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > >> > > So if I want to focus on something different in the kernel, I just send 1 patch, > >> > > and a second to claim the maintainership of it even though there is an active > >> > > maintainer available? > >> > > >> > What about listing yourself as a maintainer for a start? > >> > >> The rt2x00 project is listed as maintainer for everything in the > >> drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00 folder. > > > > Yes, but that tells very little. I don't know who the 'rt2x00 project' > > is. Perhaps its you? Perhaps its Bart? Maybe its my cat? Please just > > list real names of maintainers...                 Pavel > > the answer is (and always was available) here: > > http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Developers True, but I agree with Pavel that the MAINTAINERS file should be instantly clear about who the maintainer is. I've already send a patch to add update the entry. Ivo