linux-kernel - RE: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2016 20:17:50 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
        Linux Edac Mailing List <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years

>> Maybe mark it Obsolete or Orphan.
>
> Yap, let's mark it Orphan and remove Jason Uhlenkott's email address. I
> wouldn't go as far as removing it just yet especially if it doesn't cost
> us anything to have it in there and someone might have a box with the
> hardware somewhere...

Agreed.  I don't have a box to test, so I can't take on this driver. But leaving
it in tree for a while longer doesn't hurt (much ... it seems to get a tree-wide
cleanup patch about once a year ... which doesn't sound like a crushing
overhead).

-Tony