Re: [XFS updates] XFS development tree branch, for-linus, updated. v2.6.28-rc3-9167-g0335cb7

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 12:19:51AM -0600, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> commit 0335cb76aa3fa913a2164bc9b669e5aef9d56fa3
>> Author: Lachlan McIlroy <lachlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date:   Wed Dec 31 12:10:12 2008 +1100
>>
>>     [XFS] Update maintainers
>>     
>>     New maintainer contact and new tree location.
>>     
>>     Reviewed-by: Bill O`Donnell <billodo@xxxxxxx>
>>     Signed-off-by: Lachlan McIlroy <lachlan@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Folks, it's pretty strange to change the maintainer of a project to
> a person who hasn't done a single commit yet, and without discussion
> with the community who has done almost all of the maintainer work
> for a long time.  I think this should get a little more public
> discussion.

Perhaps if sgi could start by explaining the reasons for the change, it
would  be useful for this discussion.

-Eric