> > The email address is the problem I was trying to fix; with multiple current > > and non-current authors and maintainers who might not even be authors the > > address(es) available from the tag confuse the issue of whom to contact. > > It's moreover also information that easily outdated. > > > > A bit more than half of the tags in the tree don't include an email address > > already and I'll submit patches removing more... > > Please don't do this > > NACK this change. > > Whether someone puts their email address into the entry is their own > business. We do not need a style police for module author entries. > > At most you might want to put > > "If you include an email address then please use an address that > you expect to keep for the long term, and if you change address > please remember to update or remove the entry" > > > A bit more than half of the tags in the tree don't include an email > > address already and I'll submit patches removing more... > > And I'll NAK every one which hasn't been signed off by the email address > listed OR the address bounces. In which case removing it is good.
Can't we just subtitle it somehow? Add tags: " (current maintainer)", " (original author, inactive)", " (bug and defect reports)", or whatever you like after the names. - 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/
