Re: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years

Shuah Khan
2016-08-26T13:01:39Z

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> 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
> <foo>-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?
>

> shuah@kernel.org

Hi Joe,

Please keep my shuah@kernel.org address. I don't use it for signing
patches. I use it so I don't misses patches whenver I am forced to
change my Sign-off address. I have had to change my address for one
reason or the other for the last few years.

thanks,
-- Shuah