linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove support for score architecture

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Message-Id: <201308312055.17209.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:55:16 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@...il.com>,
	Chen Liqin <liqin.chen@...plusct.com>,
	Liqin Chen <liqin299@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove support for score architecture

On Saturday 31 August 2013, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> The web site associated with the score architecture in MAINTAINERS
> is non-functional and available for sale. The last Ack from one
> of the maintainers was in December 2012. The main maintainer's last
> commit was in 2011. The last maintainer pull request was early 2011.
> 
> Cc: Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@...il.com>
> Cc: Chen Liqin <liqin.chen@...plusct.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---
> More housekeeping.
> 
> Maybe this removal request is a bit early, but architecture support seems
> to have vanished entirely. At the very least this puts interested parties
> (if there are any) on notice.

AFAICT, this is the least maintained architecture we have at the moment,
and your analysis is correct.

I think it can be removed unless we the maintainers have plans to become
more active in the future or someone else steps up to maintain the
architecture.

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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