netdev - Re: [PATCH net 6/7] MAINTAINERS: mark ax25 as Orphan

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Message-ID: <ca2de714f0a5ae5eb70e7b471fad9daad1a56da0.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:39:37 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Eric Johnson <micromashor@...il.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	Jakub Kicinski
	 <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, Ralf
	Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 6/7] MAINTAINERS: mark ax25 as Orphan

On Wed, 2024-01-10 at 21:11 -0600, Eric Johnson wrote:
> On Wed 10 Jan 2024 09:22 -0600, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 08:45:16AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > We haven't heard from Ralf for two years, according to lore.
> > > We get a constant stream of "fixes" to ax25 from people using
> > > code analysis tools. Nobody is reviewing those, let's reflect
> > > this reality in MAINTAINERS.
> > > 
> > > Subsystem AX.25 NETWORK LAYER
> > >   Changes 9 / 59 (15%)
> > >   (No activity)
> > >   Top reviewers:
> > >     [2]: mkl@...gutronix.de
> > >     [2]: edumazet@...gle.com
> > >     [2]: stefan@...enfreihafen.org
> > >   INACTIVE MAINTAINER Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> > 
> I didn't realize this wasn't actively being maintained, but I am
> familiar with the code in the AX.25 layer. I use it pretty frequently,
> so I would happily look after this if nobody else is interested.

Unfortunately both lore and the git log show no trace of your activity.

Before stepping-in as a maintainer, you should start providing reviews
on the ML and looking after the not so infrequent syzkaller report.

Thanks,

Paolo