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Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:37:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ralf Ramsauer <ralf.ramsauer@...-regensburg.de>
Subject: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists

Hi Joe,

in my continued effort to clean up MAINTAINERS, I came across various 
email "lists" that are actually just some kind of internal distribution
lists, but we cannot subscribe to them (no archives available) and they 
are not affiliated to a specific person.

Some examples are:

  - bcm-kernel-feedback-list.broadcom.com
  - brcm80211-dev-list.cypress.com
  - brcm80211-dev-list.pdl.broadcom.com
  - coreteam.netfilter.org
  - esc.storagedev.microsemi.com
  - linux-imx.nxp.com
  - megaraidlinux.pdl.broadcom.com
  - MPT-FusionLinux.pdl.broadcom.com
  - ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
  - oss-drivers.netronome.com
  - patches.opensource.cirrus.com
  - qat-linux.intel.com
  - rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
  - sparmaintainer.unisys.com
  - wil6210.qti.qualcomm.com
  - x86.kernel.org

One of the dots needs to be replaced by an @, of course, but let us not 
make it too easy for spammers to pick something up ;)

Some of them are mentioned in MAINTAINERS with 'L:' entry as those above, 
some others are mentioned in MAINTAINERS with an 'R:' or even a 'M:' entry.

Greg KH also called them email group aliases and does not want them to be 
valid entries for maintainer roles ('M:') because it is unclear who really 
is the maintainer for such sections (when is it orphaned, when does the 
maintainer actually change, etc.).

Would you have any recommendation for marking/handling such email 
addresses in MAINTAINERS?

I thought about the following options:

If the email address cannot be affiliated to one specific person and the 
list is not subscribable,

  A. should we then mark them as 'L: email (internal)'? (or 
     some other keyword, such as non-subscribable, restricted group...)

  B. should we just make them 'R:' entries?

With a bit of searching and guessing, I can probably update all those 
entries in MAINTAINERS and pass them to the according mailing lists for 
review and inclusion.

Best regards,

Lukas