From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755376AbcH3Pf4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:35:56 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0060.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.60]:54715 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754557AbcH3Pfy (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:35:54 -0400 X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Spam-Summary: 2,0,0,,d41d8cd98f00b204,joe@perches.com,:::,RULES_HIT:41:355:379:541:599:968:988:989:1260:1277:1311:1313:1314:1345:1359:1373:1437:1515:1516:1518:1534:1541:1593:1594:1711:1730:1747:1777:1792:2198:2199:2393:2551:2559:2562:2691:2828:2916:3138:3139:3140:3141:3142:3352:3622:3865:3866:3867:3870:3872:3873:3874:4321:5007:10004:10400:10848:11232:11658:11914:12050:12294:12296:12663:12740:13069:13072:13311:13357:13439:13869:14096:14097:14659:14777:21080:21326:21433:30003:30005:30022:30041:30054:30091,0,RBL:none,CacheIP:none,Bayesian:0.5,0.5,0.5,Netcheck:none,DomainCache:0,MSF:not bulk,SPF:fn,MSBL:0,DNSBL:none,Custom_rules:0:0:0,LFtime:2,LUA_SUMMARY:none X-HE-Tag: frogs92_332d14d21a14e X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 1900 Message-ID: <1472571350.5512.78.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years From: Joe Perches To: Anders Larsen Cc: LKML Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:35:50 -0700 In-Reply-To: <11802301.9dQfm9VpCT@oscar> References: <1472081625.3746.217.camel@perches.com> <11802301.9dQfm9VpCT@oscar> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 17:19 +0200, Anders Larsen wrote: > On Wednesday, 2016-08-24 16:33 Joe Perches wrote: > > Many email addresses in MAINTAINERS no longer work so many > > sections in MAINTAINERS could likely be considered either > > obsolete or unmaintained. > Whereas I agree it's helpful to purge dysfunctional adresses... > > These M: entries in MAINTAINERS haven't authored or had any > > -by: signature entries in git log for the last 3 years. > ...IMHO just because there hasn't been any activity for > amount of time> does not automatically mean the subsystem in question > has been abandoned. Nor does it mean that address/person would be purged unless specifically requested or the email bounces. Even if an email bounces, there are sometimes simple updates for dead addresses like rml's tech9. But unless you try/ask, you can't know if someone doesn't want to be/isn't a maintainer anymore. I've had a few "I'm not doing this anymore, remove me" type replies. > I'm using "my" subsystem (QNX4 FS) almost daily, so I don't believe > anything would be gained if get_maintainers.pl would stop keeping me > in the loop. Good on you.