From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F344AC433E6 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8BA02247F for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727901AbgLWR6n (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:58:43 -0500 Received: from smtprelay0078.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.78]:36632 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726554AbgLWR6n (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:58:43 -0500 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay05.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 195C818045A48; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:58:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: smell21_3f007b52746a X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2644 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [47.151.137.21]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf03.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:57:58 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <36399d76993cf04661b4ade819b3245951ae650b.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: remove names from mailing list maintainers From: Joe Perches To: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com, doshir@vmware.com, UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, steve.glendinning@shawell.net, woojung.huh@microchip.com, ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, drivers@pensando.io, snelson@pensando.io, vladimir.oltean@nxp.com, claudiu.manoil@nxp.com, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, bryan.whitehead@microchip.com, o.rempel@pengutronix.de, kernel@pengutronix.de, robin@protonic.nl, hkallweit1@gmail.com, nic_swsd@realtek.com, lars.povlsen@microchip.com, Steen.Hegelund@microchip.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:57:57 -0800 In-Reply-To: <160869180729.29227.5706578456404319351.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> References: <20201219185538.750076-1-kuba@kernel.org> <160869180729.29227.5706578456404319351.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" User-Agent: Evolution 3.38.1-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2020-12-23 at 02:50 +0000, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org wrote: > Hello: > > This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master): > > On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 10:55:38 -0800 you wrote: > > When searching for inactive maintainers it's useful to filter > > out mailing list addresses. Such "maintainers" will obviously > > never feature in a "From:" line of an email or a review tag. > > > > Since "L:" entries only provide the address of a mailing list > > without a fancy name extend this pattern to "M:" entries. > > > > [...] > > Here is the summary with links: >   - [net] MAINTAINERS: remove names from mailing list maintainers >     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/8b0f64b113d6 > > You are awesome, thank you! I still think this is not a good patch nor mechanism to show what is generally used as exploders rather than individuals. Effectively only individuals can submit patches and so can be M: Maintainers. I believe these entries should really use R: Reviewer entries and keep the descriptive naming content. The descriptive naming does add value and this patch loses that value.