From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754218AbcHZRJ2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:09:28 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0217.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.217]:40484 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753318AbcHZRJ1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:09:27 -0400 X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Spam-Summary: 13,1.2,0,,d41d8cd98f00b204,joe@perches.com,:::::,RULES_HIT:41:355:379:541:599:800:960:973:988:989:1260:1277:1311:1313:1314:1345:1359:1373:1431:1437:1515:1516:1518:1534:1542:1593:1594:1711:1730:1747:1777:1792:2194:2198:2199:2200:2393:2540:2559:2562:2693:2828:2895:3138:3139:3140:3141:3142:3354:3622:3865:3866:3867:3868:3870:3874:4321:4559:5007:6119:7514:7809:7904:8568:9010:9389:10008:10400:10848:11232:11658:11914:12043:12295:12296:12438:12485:12555:12679:12740:13161:13229:13439:13846:14096:14097:14181:14659:14721:21080:21326:21433:30003:30022:30054:30064:30070:30091,0,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:0:1:0,LFtime:3,LUA_SUMMARY:none X-HE-Tag: frame28_3521ea0da111f X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2990 Message-ID: <1472231363.4914.49.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years From: Joe Perches To: Florian Fainelli , LKML Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:09:23 -0700 In-Reply-To: <0c04b145-4322-c1e7-2a77-b0d6eaee2dee@gmail.com> References: <1472081625.3746.217.camel@perches.com> <0c04b145-4322-c1e7-2a77-b0d6eaee2dee@gmail.com> 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 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 L: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com BROADCOM KONA GPIO DRIVER M: Ray Jui L: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com BROADCOM STB NAND FLASH DRIVER M: Brian Norris M: Kamal Dasu 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 L: linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org L: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com