linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: mark ecryptfs as orphan state

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Message-ID: <ZBlQT2Os/hB2Rxqh@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:35:59 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: mark ecryptfs as orphan state

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 02:21:03AM +0800, Yangtao Li wrote:
> ecryptfs has been inactive for a long time, and in fact the filesystem
> has no active maintainers. I sent a patch last August, no response
> till now. Let's mark it as Orphan status.
> 
> Maybe in 2025 we can remove this unmaintained file system?
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Why send this to me?

> Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 541e7dc05f48..4a6236d5a6ce 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -7270,7 +7270,7 @@ F:	drivers/media/dvb-frontends/ec100*
>  ECRYPT FILE SYSTEM
>  M:	Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>
>  L:	ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org
> -S:	Odd Fixes
> +S:	Orphan

Why not also cc: the two email addresses here?  And if this is really
orphaned, then remove them as well, right?

>  W:	http://ecryptfs.org
>  W:	https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tyhicks/ecryptfs.git

These all too need to go if this really is orphaned code.  But first,
try sending it to the right people (like the linux-fs mailing list as
well?)

thanks,

greg k-h