Skip to contentSkip to conversation

MAINTAINERS, docs/process/howto: Update man-pages' maintainer

PATCH Superseded Alejandro Colomar 4 participants 6 messages Dec 21, 2023 – Jan 3, 2024

Subsystems (2)
lore
Share & tools
lore
#0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 MAINTAINERS, docs/process/howto: Update man-pages' maintainer

Michael retired from maintaining the Linux man-pages project in 2021. See commit 06e72cb19c74d3b1d661609c698ee26d7b6e4d7e ("CONTRIBUTING, README, lsm: Remove mtk as maintainer") in the Linux man-pages repository.

---
 Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 +--
 MAINTAINERS                     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/process/howto.rst +1 -2
index deb8235e20ff..6c73889c98fc 100644
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature.
 When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to
 userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or
 a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages
-maintainer at [email protected], and CC the list
[email protected].
+maintainer at [email protected], and CC the list [email protected].
 
 Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are
 required reading:
MAINTAINERS +1 -1
index 509281e9e169..a59214c48e52 100644
@@ -12745,7 +12745,7 @@ F:	drivers/mailbox/arm_mhuv2.c
 F:	include/linux/mailbox/arm_mhuv2_message.h
 
 MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7
-M:	Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
+M:	Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
 L:	[email protected]
 S:	Maintained
 W:	http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages
Signature · 1 line
2.42.0
reviewer Acked-by on v1 1/1
#1 lore raw
Quoted 4 lines · Alejandro Colomar

Michael retired from maintaining the Linux man-pages project in 2021. See commit 06e72cb19c74d3b1d661609c698ee26d7b6e4d7e ("CONTRIBUTING, README, lsm: Remove mtk as maintainer") in the Linux man-pages repository.

commit: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?id=06e72cb19c74d3b1d661609c698ee26d7b6e4d7e

Quoted 3 lines

Thanks.

Quoted 32 lines
---
 Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 +--
 MAINTAINERS                     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/process/howto.rst +1 -2
index deb8235e20ff..6c73889c98fc 100644
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature.
 When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to
 userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or
 a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages
-maintainer at [email protected], and CC the list
[email protected].
+maintainer at [email protected], and CC the list [email protected].
 
 Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are
 required reading:
MAINTAINERS +1 -1
index 509281e9e169..a59214c48e52 100644
@@ -12745,7 +12745,7 @@ F:	drivers/mailbox/arm_mhuv2.c
 F:	include/linux/mailbox/arm_mhuv2_message.h
 
 MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7
-M:	Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
+M:	Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
 L:	[email protected]
 S:	Maintained
 W:	http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages
Signature · 3 lines
#Randy
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
https://subspace.kernel.org/etiquette.html
#2 lore raw
In reply to Alejandro Colomar

Hi Alejandro,

Quoted 7 lines · Alejandro Colomar

Michael retired from maintaining the Linux man-pages project in 2021. See commit 06e72cb19c74d3b1d661609c698ee26d7b6e4d7e ("CONTRIBUTING, README, lsm: Remove mtk as maintainer") in the Linux man-pages repository.

Thanks for your patch!

Quoted 4 lines
---
 Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 +--
 MAINTAINERS                     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I think Michael deserves an entry in CREDITS.

MAINTAINERS F: drivers/mailbox/arm_mhuv2.c · line 12751

Quoted 11 lines
MAINTAINERS +1 -1
@@ -12745,7 +12745,7 @@ F:      drivers/mailbox/arm_mhuv2.c
 F:     include/linux/mailbox/arm_mhuv2_message.h
 
 MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7
-M:     Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
+M:     Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
 L:     [email protected]
 S:     Maintained
 W:     http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages

This page links to https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/maintaining.html,
which needs an update, too.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

Signature · 5 lines
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected]

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds
#3 lore raw

Hi Geert,

Quoted 11 lines · Geert Uytterhoeven

Hi Alejandro,

Quoted 7 lines · Alejandro Colomar

Michael retired from maintaining the Linux man-pages project in 2021. See commit 06e72cb19c74d3b1d661609c698ee26d7b6e4d7e ("CONTRIBUTING, README, lsm: Remove mtk as maintainer") in the Linux man-pages repository.

Quoted 8 lines

Thanks for your patch!

Quoted 4 lines
---
 Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 +--
 MAINTAINERS                     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I think Michael deserves an entry in CREDITS.

Sure! Will do.

Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 6 lines
MAINTAINERS +0 -0
@@ -12745,7 +12745,7 @@ F:      drivers/mailbox/arm_mhuv2.c
 F:     include/linux/mailbox/arm_mhuv2_message.h
 
Quoted 9 lines

MAINTAINERS F: drivers/mailbox/arm_mhuv2.c · line 12751

Quoted 6 lines
MAINTAINERS +1 -1
 MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7
-M:     Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
+M:     Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
 L:     [email protected]
 S:     Maintained
 W:     http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages

This page links to https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/maintaining.html,
which needs an update, too.

Yeah, I have that one pending from long ago. I want to move it to some text file in the repository: <./MAINTAINING>. But that'll take some time.

Quoted 4 lines

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

Have a lovely day,
Alex

Signature · 1 line
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
#4 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 CREDITS, MAINTAINERS, docs/process/howto: Update man-pages' maintainer

In reply to Geert Uytterhoeven

Michael retired from maintaining the Linux man-pages project in 2021. See commit 06e72cb19c74d3b1d661609c698ee26d7b6e4d7e ("CONTRIBUTING, README, lsm: Remove mtk as maintainer") in the Linux man-pages repository.

Add him to CREDITS.

---
 CREDITS                         | 7 +++++++
 Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 +--
 MAINTAINERS                     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
CREDITS +7 -0
index f33a33fd2371..6781d4eeb9fb 100644
@@ -1828,6 +1828,13 @@ S: K osmidomkum 723
 S: 160 00 Praha 6
 S: Czech Republic
 
+N: Michael Kerrisk
+E: [email protected]
+W: https://man7.org/
+P: 4096R/3A35CE5E E522 595B 52ED A4E6 BFCC  CB5E 8561 9911 3A35 CE5E
+D: Maintainer of the Linux man-pages project
+D: Linux man pages online, at <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/>
+
 N: Niels Kristian Bech Jensen
 E: [email protected]
 D: Miscellaneous kernel updates and fixes.
Documentation/process/howto.rst +1 -2
index deb8235e20ff..6c73889c98fc 100644
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature.
 When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to
 userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or
 a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages
-maintainer at [email protected], and CC the list
[email protected].
+maintainer at [email protected], and CC the list [email protected].
 
 Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are
 required reading:
MAINTAINERS +1 -1
index 509281e9e169..a59214c48e52 100644
@@ -12745,7 +12745,7 @@ F:	drivers/mailbox/arm_mhuv2.c
 F:	include/linux/mailbox/arm_mhuv2_message.h
 
 MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7
-M:	Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
+M:	Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
 L:	[email protected]
 S:	Maintained
 W:	http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages
Signature · 1 line
2.43.0
maintainer Applied
#5 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2] CREDITS, MAINTAINERS, docs/process/howto: Update man-pages' maintainer

Quoted 15 lines · Alejandro Colomar

Michael retired from maintaining the Linux man-pages project in 2021. See commit 06e72cb19c74d3b1d661609c698ee26d7b6e4d7e ("CONTRIBUTING, README, lsm: Remove mtk as maintainer") in the Linux man-pages repository.

Add him to CREDITS.

Quoted 5 lines
---
 CREDITS                         | 7 +++++++
 Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 +--
 MAINTAINERS                     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon