Re: [PATCH net 6/7] MAINTAINERS: mark ax25 as Orphan

From: Michael <mikecress@gmail.com>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Johnson <micromashor@gmail.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	 edumazet@google.com, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 6/7] MAINTAINERS: mark ax25 as Orphan
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:45:59 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG9xq4Gc0y3gkhforr+6DdQaMGZkBSUoS5atnpwRnKoR0+MmSA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ca2de714f0a5ae5eb70e7b471fad9daad1a56da0.camel@redhat.com>

Thank you for your email Paolo. Would you mind taking a moment to
address the questions in my email?

Thank you,

Michael

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 6:39 AM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2024-01-10 at 21:11 -0600, Eric Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed 10 Jan 2024 09:22 -0600, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 08:45:16AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > > We haven't heard from Ralf for two years, according to lore.
> > > > We get a constant stream of "fixes" to ax25 from people using
> > > > code analysis tools. Nobody is reviewing those, let's reflect
> > > > this reality in MAINTAINERS.
> > > >
> > > > Subsystem AX.25 NETWORK LAYER
> > > >   Changes 9 / 59 (15%)
> > > >   (No activity)
> > > >   Top reviewers:
> > > >     [2]: mkl@pengutronix.de
> > > >     [2]: edumazet@google.com
> > > >     [2]: stefan@datenfreihafen.org
> > > >   INACTIVE MAINTAINER Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> > > Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
> > >
> > I didn't realize this wasn't actively being maintained, but I am
> > familiar with the code in the AX.25 layer. I use it pretty frequently,
> > so I would happily look after this if nobody else is interested.
>
> Unfortunately both lore and the git log show no trace of your activity.
>
> Before stepping-in as a maintainer, you should start providing reviews
> on the ML and looking after the not so infrequent syzkaller report.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paolo
>
>