Re: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years

Joe Perches
2016-08-25T07:33:40Z

On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 17:17 -0700, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Petr.

> I (petr@vandrovec.name) am "maintainer" of ncpfs.  As NetWare is dead for
> decade or so, there are no new users, and so no new bugs are found, and no
> new features needs to be added. And so no checkins are needed.

No worries, that's great.

> I have no idea how many people would be affected by ncpfs removal, but as
> long as it stays in the kernel, I guess I have most experience with it.

I wasn't proposing remove any code, just updating
any invalid or old maintainer addresses.

> Other address I know something about is pv-drivers@vmware.com.  It is group
> of people responsible for Linux drivers at VMware, so it is right place to
> send patches.  As each of them has their own email address, you will never
> see this in checkin messages.
>
> Same applies to linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com, that is address for
> patches to all VMware graphics drivers, both in kernel & X.
>
> So it would be great if you can keep these.

I certainly won't submit any patch removing those.

cheers, Joe

> > linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com
> > petr@vandrovec.name
> > pv-drivers@vmware.com