linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: changing maintainership

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Message-ID: <20260113102853.2594a006@canb.auug.org.au>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:28:53 +1100
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To: Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mark Brown
 <broonie@...nel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus
 Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: changing maintainership

Hi all,

On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:07:21 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> I will be stepping down as Linux-Next maintainer on Jan 16, 2026.  Mark
> Brown has generously volunteered to take up the challenge.  He has
> helped in the past filling in when I have been unavailable, so
> hopefully knows what he is getting in to.  I hope you will all treat
> him with the same (or better) level of respect that I have received.

Due to logistics with leaving IBM, my last linux-next release will be
Thursday, Jan 15 (i.e. I won't have time to do a release on Friday).
Mark should take up the mantle sometime after that.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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