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 <[email protected]> > > > > --- > > > > > > > > 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: > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > S: Supported > > > > F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c > > > > > > > > +VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER > > > > +M: "VMware, Inc." <[email protected]> > > > > +L: [email protected] > > > > +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 [email protected] too. > > MAINTAINERS:M: Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions <[email protected]> > MAINTAINERS:M: [email protected] > MAINTAINERS:M: Intel Linux Wireless <[email protected]> > MAINTAINERS:M: Intel SCU Linux support <[email protected]> > MAINTAINERS:M: [email protected] > MAINTAINERS:M: [email protected] > MAINTAINERS:M: Linux NICS <[email protected]> > MAINTAINERS:M: [email protected] > MAINTAINERS:M: [email protected] > MAINTAINERS:M: Solarflare linux maintainers > <[email protected]> > MAINTAINERS:M: [email protected] > MAINTAINERS:M: Support Opensource <[email protected]> > MAINTAINERS:M: "VMware, Inc." <[email protected]>
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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
