linux-kernel - Re: Commit 6e90b675cf94 ("MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements.")

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Message-ID: <20241022-avid-ardently-a761decc48ce@spud>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:55:41 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Commit 6e90b675cf94 ("MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to
 various compliance requirements.")

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 06:40:11PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> If we as a community are going to drop subsystems/individuals from
> MAINTAINERS due to "compliance requirements", can we at least
> explicitly list those requirements in the commit description?

And do more than the bare minimum of posting it to patches@...ts.linux.dev
and applying it only minutes after it has been posted.
Comes across as underhand or sneaky, even if that was not the author's
intention.

Cheers,
Conor.

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