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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:08:54 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>
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        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 5/7] Docs: Expectations for bug reporters and maintainers
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:23:28AM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> TLDR version: Yes, it would be nice if bug reporters could go up the
> hierarchy, but they don't have an easy way to know which subsystem
> maintainers to contact.  Perhaps a new line in MAINTAINERS for the
> subsystem maintainer would be helpful?

We have that already for a number of subsystems, look at the entry for
"USB SUBSYSTEM" for one such example, and there are 49 others in there
as well :)

Thanks for rewriting this document, it looks much better now.

greg k-h