linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] MAINTAINERS: mark sections from Ralf Baechle orphan

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Message-ID: <c9e6753b-ce4d-fe63-1b4d-fc37cca77a3b@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sat, 17 Jul 2021 16:59:08 -0400
From:   Joshua Kinard <kumba@...too.org>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "Maciej W . Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>,
        Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] MAINTAINERS: mark sections from Ralf Baechle
 orphan

On 7/17/2021 03:03, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 1:04 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> The domain lookup for linux-mips.org fails for quite some time now. Hence,
>> webpages, the patchwork instance and Ralf Baechle's email there is not
>> reachable anymore.
>>
> 
> There has not been any specific comment on marking kernel parts solely
> "maintained" by Ralf Baechle as Orphan.
> 
> So, given the feedback on this overall patch set from Maciej and Kurt:
> - the domain lookup for linux-mips.org does resolve again.
> - the patchwork instance moved.
> - Ralf Baechle's email now does at least forward somewhere.
> 
> However, it still holds that:
> 
> Ralf Baechle has not been active since February 2018; so, set all
> MAINTAINERS sections with Ralf as sole maintainer to Orphan, and give
> others a chance to claim maintainership if these sections are still of
> interest.
> 
> I suggest that independent of the other patches in this patch set, I
> rework the commit message of this patch here (basically dropping the
> first sentence) and send out a final patch for this subject that
> Thomas can then pick.
> 
> Any comments or rejections to that suggestion?
> 
> Lukas


>> @@ -9654,9 +9652,8 @@ F:        Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/gyroscope/invensense,mpu3050.yaml
>>  F:     drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050*
>>
>>  IOC3 ETHERNET DRIVER
>> -M:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
>>  L:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
>> -S:     Maintained
>> +S:     Orphan
>>  F:     drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/ioc3-eth.c

Thomas virtually re-wrote this driver, so it is probably more appropriate to
leave it as maintained, but mark him as the maintainer.

-- 
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@...too.org
rsa6144/5C63F4E3F5C6C943 2015-04-27
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