Re: [PATCH 0/3] IDE-ACPI: Fine-tuning for a function

Julia Lawall
2015-12-27T06:08:53Z

On Sat, 26 Dec 2015, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Sat, 2015-12-26 at 13:12 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> > IDE is in deep freeze maintainence mode.
> >
> > Therefore patches that perform simplications and cleanups will
> > not be accepted.
>
> Maybe there should be something like a README
> in drivers/ide that says that.
>
> Maybe the MAINTAINERS entry for "IDE SUBSYSTEM"
> should be something like:
>
> S: Frozen - critical fixes only

This could be a good idea. Sometimes I hold off on sending patches for
things becuse I have the impression that the subsystem doesn't want minor
fixes, but I could be wrong, and if one could have a deterministic way to
know, it could be better for everyone.

julia