From: Rene Herman Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:18:36 GMT Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: Storing Maintainers info around the kernel tree Message-ID: <46C5057C.5010602@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 08/17/2007 03:58 AM, Alan Stern wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Rene Herman wrote: > >> On 08/16/2007 11:39 PM, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> Rene Herman wrote: >>>> I personally don't think there's a whole lot wrong with more and >>>> more expecting people who submit patches (for whom this automation >>>> is intended) to be using git. >>> >>> You mean "people who frequently submit patches for various different >>> subsystems". >> >> Erm, I guess. Is that agreeing or disagreeing with me? > > Don't forget also that the MAINTAINERS information is (or should be!) > used by people who want to submit bug reports, not just by people who > submit patches. Bug reporters shouldn't need to use Git. Like I said: >> If it's about non-developer users, I suspect it would to a fairly large >> degree be an "in theory" thing to expect that said user does want the >> information in a downloaded releases, but not in git, and not online >> where git-web could also easily display all the information right >> alongside the files. And again, generating the MAINTAINERS file/info into releases is fine as well. Rene.