Re: [2.4 patch] MAINTAINERS: remove LAN media entry

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:22:36AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> > It's a question whether removing drivers from a stable kernel series is 
> > a good idea, but the following is definitely correct:
> > 
> > 
> > --- linux-2.4.26-pre2-full/MAINTAINERS.old	2004-03-07 16:48:59.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.4.26-pre2-full/MAINTAINERS	2004-03-07 16:49:09.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -1077,12 +1077,6 @@
> >  W:	http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/knfsd/
> >  S:	Maintained
> >  
> > -LANMEDIA WAN CARD DRIVER
> > -P:      Andrew Stanley-Jones
> > -M:      asj@lanmedia.com
> > -W:      http://www.lanmedia.com/
> > -S:      Supported
> > - 
> >  LAPB module
> >  P:	Henner Eisen
> >  M:	eis@baty.hanse.de
> > 
> 
> I think it might be better to change to
> 
> 
> LANMEDIA WAN CARD DRIVER
> S: UNMAINTAINED
> 
> Thoughts? 

I discussed this with Sam in the subthread regarding the 2.6 version of 
this patch:
It seems to be the more common practice that non-maintained drivers 
don't have an entry in MAINTAINERS.

cu
Adrian

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