Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add entry for VMware Balloon driver

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:28:20PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 16:19 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 04:17:42 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:09:01PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > >  MAINTAINERS                |    6 ++++++
> > > >  drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c |    2 +-
> > > >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > index 6c484ac..3a446e8 100644
> > > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > @@ -9645,6 +9645,12 @@ L:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
> > > > 
> > > >  S:	Supported
> > > >  F:	arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
> > > > 
> > > > +VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
> > > > +M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> > > > +L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > > > +S:	Maintained
> > > > +F:	drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> > > 
> > > I really hate having a "alias" as a maintainer, and not a "real" name.
> > > Kernel development is done by individuals, we don't have companies as
> > > authors or signed-off-by lines, we have developers.
> > > 
> > > So I will not accept this, sorry.  Please find a real person who is
> > > willing to maintain this code, or just mark it unsupported.
> > > 
> > 
> > OK, fair enough, we'll find a real name to attach here.
> 
> It's definitely better to have a person's name there but
> there are many company exploders/aliases in MAINTAINERS.
> 
> There already is a pv-drivers@vmware.com too.
> 
> MAINTAINERS:M:  Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions <aacraid@adaptec.com>
> MAINTAINERS:M:  dm-devel@redhat.com
> MAINTAINERS:M:  Intel Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
> MAINTAINERS:M:  Intel SCU Linux support <intel-linux-scu@intel.com>
> MAINTAINERS:M:  iscsi-driver@qlogic.com
> MAINTAINERS:M:  linux-driver@qlogic.com
> MAINTAINERS:M:  Linux NICS <linux.nics@intel.com>
> MAINTAINERS:M:  linux-wimax@intel.com
> MAINTAINERS:M:  qla2xxx-upstream@qlogic.com
> MAINTAINERS:M:  Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com>
> MAINTAINERS:M:  support@lsi.com
> MAINTAINERS:M:  Support Opensource <support.opensource@diasemi.com>
> MAINTAINERS:M:  "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>

Yeah, and in every case I've ever had to deal with one, it's never
worked.  People are maintainers, not email aliases.

greg k-h