[RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

[RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

[Grant Likely]

We had to say goodbye when David passed away recently.  David had a
huge impact on our community, both personally in the lives of the
people he worked with, and technically in the design and maintenance
of several subsystems.  He is greatly missed.

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.

Rather, this is intended to highlight the work that David accomplished
and to ask for volunteers to pick up from where David left off.

g.

---
 MAINTAINERS |   14 ++++----------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 29801f7..fb02949 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4252,8 +4252,7 @@ F:	drivers/mmc/
 F:	include/linux/mmc/
 
 MULTIMEDIA CARD (MMC) ETC. OVER SPI
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
-S:	Odd Fixes
+S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
 F:	include/linux/spi/mmc_spi.h
 
@@ -4603,7 +4602,6 @@ F:	drivers/media/video/omap3isp/*
 
 OMAP USB SUPPORT
 M:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 L:	linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/balbi/usb.git
@@ -5984,7 +5982,6 @@ F:	Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
 F:	drivers/staging/tty/specialix*
 
 SPI SUBSYSTEM
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 M:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
 L:	spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net
 Q:	http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/spi-devel-general/list/
@@ -6432,9 +6429,8 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/usb/misc/rio500*
 
 USB EHCI DRIVER
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Odd Fixes
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/usb/ehci.txt
 F:	drivers/usb/host/ehci*
 
@@ -6448,10 +6444,9 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/media/video/et61x251/
 
 USB GADGET/PERIPHERAL SUBSYSTEM
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 W:	http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/usb/gadget/
 F:	include/linux/usb/gadget*
 
@@ -6492,9 +6487,8 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	sound/usb/midi.*
 
 USB OHCI DRIVER
-M:	David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Odd Fixes
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/usb/ohci.txt
 F:	drivers/usb/host/ohci*
 

Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

[Andrew Morton]

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.

Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

[Grant Likely]

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 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.

Indeed.  I'll do that.

g.

Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

[Harry Wei]

On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 12:30:13AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 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.
From: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>
---
 CREDITS |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index dca6abc..0a248e2 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ D: One of assisting postmasters for vger.kernel.org's lists
 S: (ask for current address)
 S: Finland
 
+N: David Brownell
+E: dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net
+D: Maintain drivers/usb/gadget/, include/linux/usb/gadget*
+
 N: Dragos Acostachioaie
 E: dragos@iname.com
 W: http://www.arbornet.org/~dragos
-- 
1.7.0.4

Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

[Alan Cox]

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

> We had to say goodbye when David passed away recently.  David had a
> huge impact on our community, both personally in the lives of the
> people he worked with, and technically in the design and maintenance
> of several subsystems.  He is greatly missed.
> 
> 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.

Could always move him into CREDITS instead ?

Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Saying goodbye to David Brownell

[Wanlong Gao]

On 6/5/11, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:12:03 -0600
> Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
>
>> We had to say goodbye when David passed away recently.  David had a
>> huge impact on our community, both personally in the lives of the
>> people he worked with, and technically in the design and maintenance
>> of several subsystems.  He is greatly missed.
>>
>> 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.
>
> Could always move him into CREDITS instead ?
He live in our hearts forever.

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