linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Matt Mackall as his identity is obsolete

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Date:   Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:47:04 +0300
From:   Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:     Tim Bird <tbird20d@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Matt Porter <mporter@...sulko.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, Tim Bird <tim.bird@...y.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Matt Mackall as his identity is
 obsolete

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:33:10AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-10-19 at 09:55 +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Hi Tim,
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 03:17:22PM -0600, Tim Bird wrote:
> > > I think an overhaul of the "EMBEDDED LINUX" MAINTAINERS entry
> > > is long-overdue.
> > > 
> > > No offense to any of the 3 persons listed, but I think the kernel developer
> > > community would be better served by a group of individuals with a more
> > > current active role in embedded linux.  I have a few names I'll
> > > toss out for
> > > candidates: Matt Porter, Kevin Hilman, Thomas Gleixner,  Thomas
> > > Petazonni, Laurent Pinchart, and Uwe Kleine-König (and maybe even
> > > myself).
> > > 
> > > This entry in the MAINTAINERS file is somewhat special, in that it
> > > covers a "field of endeavor" rather than a specific set of files or
> > > directories.
> > > 
> > > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Thank you for volunteering me :-)
> > 
> > I was indeed wondering about this particular MAINTAINERS entry. As it
> > doesn't cover any particular set of files, directories, drivers,
> > subsystems or architectures, what does being listed here endeavour ?
> 
> Basically nothing; I was going to suggest removing it entirely. There's
> certainly no point listing me there any more.
> 
> Once upon a time it involved a certain amount of heckling about memory
> usage and "your hash table doesn't need to be that large" but that ship
> sailed a long time ago :)

Heckling is still an option without a MAINTAINERS entry I suppose :-)

I wouldn't object if we were to remove it.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart