I've always found the term Non-Autopoiesis too pretentious and unnecessarily complex. In a recent thread, Tobias Schluter proposed Non-autonomous, which is at least more readily understandable.
Would this patch be OK? Any other suggestions for a better category name? Is anyone violently opposed to changing the category name? Thanks. Index: ../MAINTAINERS =================================================================== --- ../MAINTAINERS (revision 126951) +++ ../MAINTAINERS (working copy) @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ maintainers need approval to check in algorithmic changes or changes outside of the parts of the compiler they maintain. - Non-Autopoiesis Maintainers + Non-Autonomous Maintainers dataflow Daniel Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] dataflow Paolo Bonzini [EMAIL PROTECTED] @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Note that individuals who maintain parts of the compiler as -non-autopoiesis maintainers need approval changes outside of the parts +non-autonomous maintainers need approval changes outside of the parts of the compiler they maintain and also need approval for their own patches.