From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-yb1-f179.google.com (mail-yb1-f179.google.com [209.85.219.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2691117CE for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb1-f179.google.com with SMTP id k12so22213561ybk.6 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 01:46:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc; bh=zq0Qsb90HUFM/GBOOvVH3GvSZz7eZrCdLogyIrJLYXg=; b=ql8ZRsXRiYJylLPUtgU9svCppCunX2dxTm6rNlv+Mw0ZtpNo4WajXCjPsKdZDksri0 D5XD1bwWz6ytYdxdVpo7bQjd64lFvAM/Ir6vKxAZEU37ADiieSzZ1Sdm7K3Ta7qY4zXe IEDO3xrqSdBXfTUJQcMe+bNdBNrwYE44+GWPs33KmP9GjFAbfy3QwtxDn+DZEKP+sp1M PdMpdmMLfEOYT0Tc2bwm5JVbaTbGkyT5JS4zNfZXGaN5YrLS55GzpyG+WFRmRtESkPli oFPfc7Sgtio0D9RFdyAxt5uDXmCnt3osqEDpeH1hsWfL8XahPqqimKZtB6YN5qt598ME i0oQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=zq0Qsb90HUFM/GBOOvVH3GvSZz7eZrCdLogyIrJLYXg=; b=nGChiMIZSrp4sbLUeEbNNGxFHaaUy+8sX1PEyeTnbw/TQtE6rutackfkAKWqnjJ6QH beK/1L3ElNoRnOcoRPcrNcsdc/CIatttjdMnQnPZ1QAiwofPaqVqz8aGFWE6HUE/fE5t +2xG2DVghEbqA3UKEH5RAtnvzlELWjZj+S2AlijMjCgG9xr660A/sze9/83Xh3B1UiSa 2cpJfOz+0DQARcXhJKJqB2UJi1/RK/568nM4kZaBztbVyuaQJp/MUYsr7BhvagZlnSSy Tjo1RDr8DeIIlWYdUDFxXpI/VN/zRIDMqVUt8oB2NANet7pw1H5C+yi1YTnb13P6qHH+ 50ZQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo1AOweaZyGGVW/sxLXAPOCes0iZ2/e1crztLRPEhdwf79damsEr JEDvGw+2PTjFOOTzaXHD1JLX+u1o7uibm979fEQBgA/yjCE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR560H2aMcIEQ8i9l+0rUT/S0VgRNU8XVkjWf5qZQn97mmRDcg/39ARkqpQhoOKpPqW7rZfZTeqjbZTuk0SX1RA= X-Received: by 2002:a25:f503:0:b0:677:8006:4dc2 with SMTP id a3-20020a25f503000000b0067780064dc2mr24346020ybe.31.1660121209995; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 01:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220809171316.1d6ce319@hermes.local> <20220810082640.GK3438@kadam> In-Reply-To: <20220810082640.GK3438@kadam> From: Lukas Bulwahn Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:46:39 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Validating MAINTAINERS entries? To: Dan Carpenter Cc: Stephen Hemminger , ksummit@lists.linux.dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:27 AM Dan Carpenter wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 05:13:16PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Several times in the past, when using MAINTAINERS list either automatically > > (or from manual entry) have found the mailing address in the file is no longer valid. > > > > What about doing an annual probe mail to all maintainers and sending > > a patch to prune out any addresses that auto respond as dead. > > This won't catch ghost entries but would find any dead ones. > > > > Also we could add a RETIRED file or something for when people retire and > don't want get_maintainer.pl hassling them. > Dan, I believe this exists already: .get_maintainer.ignore For many years, there was only one developer using this feature, now we have at least two developers. It seems that many others resolve this issue just in their local setup differently, though. Lukas