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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: joe@perches.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 00:30:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110605003013.9e04ebd0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110605071058.25982.76948.stgit@ponder>

On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:12:03 -0600 Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:

> He also leaves behind a number of much loved subsystems now orphaned.
> This patch updates the MAINTAINERS file for the areas that David was
> responsible for.  While it removes Davids name from the MAINTAINERS
> file, it by no mean should be seen as forgetting David's involvement
> or the work he's accomplished.  Indeed, his name remains prominent
> in the changelog and copyright notices of many files in the kernel.

Adding a record to ./CREDITS would be appropriate.  It will be a
lengthy one.


  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-05  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-05  7:12 [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell Grant Likely
2011-06-05  7:30 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2011-06-05  7:34   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-05 14:38   ` Harry Wei
2011-06-05 10:37 ` Alan Cox
2011-06-05 11:22   ` Wanlong Gao

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