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| From | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years |
| Date | 2016-08-26 19:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sasNH-1u2-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <s9V5o-50Y-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <sasNH-1u2-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Fri, 2016-08-26 at 09:56 -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 08/24/2016 04:33 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> >
> > Many email addresses in MAINTAINERS no longer work so many
> > sections in MAINTAINERS could likely be considered either
> > obsolete or unmaintained.
> >
> > Marking these sections appropriately or simply removing the
> > sections would make MAINTAINERS and get_maintainer.pl more
> > useful.
> >
> > These M: entries in MAINTAINERS haven't authored or had any
> > -by: signature entries in git log for the last 3 years.
> >
> > Some of these, like stable@kernel.org and trivial@kernel.org, are
> > obviously addresses that should not be deleted from MAINTAINERS,
> > but most of them are candidates for removal or update.
> >
> > The email addresses below are also bcc'd here to see what bounces.
> > The list of the bounces will be collected.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> For:
> >
> > bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
> This mailing-list was recently added under the M: entry with commit
> 086f470481f5305ac52ce960e31a7d4441886e59 ("MAINTAINERS: Change L to M
> for Broadcom ARM/ARM64 SoC entries") (was L: before) since no external
> (to Broadcom) subscribers are allowed.
>
> Should we add a new tag for that kind of entry?
No, I think that's not necessary.
Exploders and aliases are just fine for M: entries.
The alias/exploder address can still get stale though.
Ideally, there would also be a specific actual person listed too.
btw: maybe these L: addresses could/should change
BROADCOM BRCMSTB GPIO DRIVER
M: Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com>
L: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
BROADCOM KONA GPIO DRIVER
M: Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com>
L: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
BROADCOM STB NAND FLASH DRIVER
M: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
M: Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@gmail.com>
L: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
L: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
SECURE DIGITAL HOST CONTROLLER INTERFACE (SDHCI) Broadcom BRCMSTB DRIVER
M: Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com>
L: linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org
L: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
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