netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as email aliases

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Date:   Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:19:53 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa@...il.mit.edu>
Cc:     jgross@...e.com, x86@...nel.org, pv-drivers@...are.com,
        Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>,
        Vivek Thampi <vithampi@...are.com>,
        Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@...are.com>,
        Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>,
        linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, amakhalov@...are.com,
        sdeep@...are.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        keerthanak@...are.com, srivatsab@...are.com, anishs@...are.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as
 email aliases

On Wed, 2021-11-10 at 17:39 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:09:06 -0800 Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> >  DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> > -M:	"VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>
> >  M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>
> > +R:	VMware Graphics Reviewers <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>
> >  L:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> >  S:	Supported
> >  T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> 
> It'd be preferable for these corporate entries to be marked or
> otherwise distinguishable so that we can ignore them when we try 
> to purge MAINTAINERS from developers who stopped participating.
> 
> These addresses will never show up in a commit tag which is normally
> sign of inactivity.

Funny.

The link below is from over 5 years ago.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1472081625.3746.217.camel@perches.com/

Almost all of those entries are still in MAINTAINERS.

I think the concept of purging is a non-issue.