Re: MODULE_MAINTAINER

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 09:37:59PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:
>...
> > IMHO the default should be that users report problems with distribution 
> > kernels to their distribution and problems with ftp.kernel.org kernels 
> > to either linux-kernel or the kernel Bugzilla.
> 
> Yep. But it's really easy to miss something in lkml and/or in
> more specific lists, and the Bugzilla isn't email. That means
> we need a WWW-browseable database, with:
> a) maintainers registrations with a simple email verification or
>    something like that
> b) possibility for registered people to declare they now maintain
>    (or not) specific portions of the kernel
> c) possibility for anyone to retrieve this information.
> 
> Other options?

What exactly is missing that the kernel Bugzilla doesn't already offer?

> Krzysztof Halasa

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed