[dm-devel] [PATCH] Mark device-mapper as Supported in MAINTAINERS
Nikanth Karthikesan
knikanth at suse.de
Thu Mar 12 08:43:08 UTC 2009
On Thursday 05 March 2009 23:37:11 Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 10:05:41AM +0530, Nikanth Karthikesan wrote:
> > Mark device-mapper as Supported in MAINTAINERS file.
>
> Supported: Someone is actually paid to look after this.
> Maintained: Someone actually looks after it.
>
> Both of those apply and I would argue that, given the use of the word
> 'actually' in those definitions, 'Maintained' is better than 'Supported'.
>
I think that 'Supported' is a superset of 'Maintained'.
In general the list looks like specifies the 'status' from maximum support to
nothing. Supported > Maintained > Odd Fixes > Orphan > Obsolete ?
Thanks
Nikanth
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