From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Rini Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 08:21:42 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] cosmetic: boards.cfg: mark dead email addresses In-Reply-To: <20140307173840.6ED9.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> References: <20140306115546.GB16805@bill-the-cat> <20140307173840.6ED9.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> Message-ID: <20140307132142.GG16805@bill-the-cat> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 05:38:40PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hello Tom, Albert, > > > > > > > > > > It is not clear to me when we should change the board status > > > > > from "Active" to "Orphan". > > > > > (Could you show me the basic guideline, Tom ? or Albert ?) > > > > > There are many boards without maintainers, which are still "Active". > > > > > > > > This is a known, and so far, open, question. Right now, orphan boards > > > > are those which were marked so in the former MAINTAINERS file. My > > > > personal opinion is that "Active" should mean the board is > > > > activelymaintained and any maintainer e-mail address associated > > > > with the board is that of an active maintainer, and "Orphan" means the > > > > board is not actively maintained any more but still builds, and any > > > > address associated with it is that of the last known maintainer(s). > > > > > > +1 to this definition and yes, oops, I meant Orphan not Inactive. > > > > We should clarify this definition of Active/Orphan in the boards.cfg > > header text. > > > > Also, maybe we could simply mark dead addresses by suffixing the domain > > part with ".invalid"? For instance, the "dead" form of my own e-mail > > address would be ? That would make > > sure that no mail is ever submitted to a correct domain with a bogus > > recipient. > > > Definition: > "Active" should mean the board is activelymaintained and any > maintainer e-mail address associated with the board is that of an > active maintainer, and "Orphan" means the board is not actively > maintained any more but still builds, and any address associated > with it is that of the last known maintainer(s). > > If we adopt this definition, adding "dead address" or ".invalid" > is redundant, isn't it? > > Changing the status to "Orphan" is enough > because "Orphan" declares its email address is invalid. Yes. -- Tom -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: