Re: MODULE_MAINTAINER

Rusty Russell
2007-04-23T23:50:18Z

On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 07:52 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 11:33 +0200, Rene Herman wrote:
> > > On 04/04/2007 06:38 PM, Rene Herman wrote:
> > >
> > > Rusty?
> >
> > Valid points have been made on both sides. I suggest:
> >
> > #define MODULE_MAINTAINER(_maintainer) \
> > MODULE_AUTHOR("(Maintained by) "_maintainer)
>
> why bring MODULE_AUTHOR into it? just define it in terms of
> MODULE_INFO:

Because author is an established field. People might well search for
it. This is fairly clear, and assuming that the maintainer has actually
done any maintenance, they're an author too.

Rusty.