linux-kernel - Re: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2009111219340.16254@felia>
Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:23:36 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ralf Ramsauer <ralf.ramsauer@...-regensburg.de>
Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists



On Fri, 11 Sep 2020, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Fri, 2020-09-11 at 08:37 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > 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
> 
> At one time, those sorts of email addresses were called "exploders"
> 
> Perhaps mark them as such?
> Maybe like:
> 
> L:	megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com (exploder for non-subscribers)
> 

It is a bit long, but sounds good to me.

If that is still the terminology to settle for, I will send out patches to 
update the description and data in MAINTAINERS.

Lukas