linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: mtd/ubi/ubifs: Remove inactive maintainers

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Message-ID: <20191025214502.49f674a7@xps13>
Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:45:02 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: mtd/ubi/ubifs: Remove inactive maintainers

Hi David,

Gentle ping?

Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote on Thu, 17 Oct 2019
16:22:29 +0200:

> Despite their substantial personal investment in the MTD/UBI/UBIFS a
> few years back, David, Brian, Artem and Adrian are not actively
> maintaining the subsystem anymore. We warmly salute them for all the
> work they have achieved and will of course still welcome their
> participation and reviews.
> 
> That said, Marek retired himself a few weeks ago quoting Harald [1]:
> 
>         It matters who has which title and when. Should somebody not
>         be an active maintainer, make sure he's not listed as such.
> 
> For this same reason, let’s trim the maintainers list with the
> actually active ones over the past two years.
> 
> [1] http://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20180307-mchardy-gpl/
> 
> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> Cc: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> Cc: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
> Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>
> Cc: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 0632422ce9d4..0e5e0736ee55 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -10528,8 +10528,6 @@ F:	include/linux/vmalloc.h
>  F:	mm/
>  
>  MEMORY TECHNOLOGY DEVICES (MTD)
> -M:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> -M:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
>  M:	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
>  M:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>  M:	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>
> @@ -16579,8 +16577,6 @@ F:	drivers/media/pci/tw686x/
>  
>  UBI FILE SYSTEM (UBIFS)
>  M:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> -M:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
> -M:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
>  L:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
>  T:	git git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6.git
>  W:	http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubifs.html
> @@ -16697,7 +16693,6 @@ S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/scsi/ufs/ufs-mediatek*
>  
>  UNSORTED BLOCK IMAGES (UBI)
> -M:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
>  M:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>  W:	http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/
>  L:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org

Thanks,
Miquèl