From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julia Lawall Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] IDE-ACPI: Fine-tuning for a function Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 07:08:44 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <566ABCD9.1060404@users.sourceforge.net> <567E6799.5070802@users.sourceforge.net> <20151226.131257.1589698540013987354.davem@davemloft.net> <1451173382.12498.10.camel@perches.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]:23237 "EHLO mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750807AbbL0GIu (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Dec 2015 01:08:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1451173382.12498.10.camel@perches.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Joe Perches Cc: David Miller , elfring@users.sourceforge.net, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org 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 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julia Lawall Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 06:08:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] IDE-ACPI: Fine-tuning for a function Message-Id: List-Id: References: <566ABCD9.1060404@users.sourceforge.net> <567E6799.5070802@users.sourceforge.net> <20151226.131257.1589698540013987354.davem@davemloft.net> <1451173382.12498.10.camel@perches.com> In-Reply-To: <1451173382.12498.10.camel@perches.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Joe Perches Cc: David Miller , elfring@users.sourceforge.net, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org 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