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[71.197.186.152]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z124sm227235pfb.108.2021.10.19.15.24.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:24:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Hilman To: Geert Uytterhoeven , Laurent Pinchart Cc: David Woodhouse , Tim Bird , Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Paul Gortmaker , Linux Embedded , Herbert Xu , Linux Crypto Mailing List , Sascha Hauer , Matt Porter , Thomas Gleixner , Thomas Petazzoni , Tim Bird Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Matt Mackall as his identity is obsolete In-Reply-To: References: <20210920080635.253826-1-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> <57122a67509bebdf0d1b9f5bc15db116e0124e5d.camel@infradead.org> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:24:08 -0700 Message-ID: <7hlf2oejqv.fsf@baylibre.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Geert Uytterhoeven writes: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:48 AM Laurent Pinchart > wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:33:10AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: >> > On Tue, 2021-10-19 at 09:55 +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: >> > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 03:17:22PM -0600, Tim Bird wrote: >> > > > I think an overhaul of the "EMBEDDED LINUX" MAINTAINERS entry >> > > > is long-overdue. >> > > > >> > > > No offense to any of the 3 persons listed, but I think the kernel = developer >> > > > community would be better served by a group of individuals with a = more >> > > > current active role in embedded linux. I have a few names I'll >> > > > toss out for >> > > > candidates: Matt Porter, Kevin Hilman, Thomas Gleixner, Thomas >> > > > Petazonni, Laurent Pinchart, and Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig (and maybe = even >> > > > myself). >> > > > >> > > > This entry in the MAINTAINERS file is somewhat special, in that it >> > > > covers a "field of endeavor" rather than a specific set of files or >> > > > directories. >> > > > >> > > > Thoughts? >> > > >> > > Thank you for volunteering me :-) >> > > >> > > I was indeed wondering about this particular MAINTAINERS entry. As it >> > > doesn't cover any particular set of files, directories, drivers, >> > > subsystems or architectures, what does being listed here endeavour ? >> > >> > Basically nothing; I was going to suggest removing it entirely. There's >> > certainly no point listing me there any more. >> > >> > Once upon a time it involved a certain amount of heckling about memory >> > usage and "your hash table doesn't need to be that large" but that ship >> > sailed a long time ago :) >> >> Heckling is still an option without a MAINTAINERS entry I suppose :-) > > Don't worry, I keep on sailing ;-) > >> I wouldn't object if we were to remove it. > > +1 > Agreed. Let's just drop this entry. Kevin