Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: wimax@linuxwimax.org is subscribers-only

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Sep 26 2013 - 18:01:15 EST


On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 18:11 +0000, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote:
> > From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >
> > > The W: link is dead.
> > >
> > > Given wimax never really took off, is there any point in keeping this in the kernel at all ?
> > > We turned off the drivers in Fedora a while ago, and just threw out the userspace parts.
> > > I wouldn't be surprised to learn of other distributions doing the same.
> >
> > Inaky?
> > Are you doing any work on this at all?
> > Should this be deleted?
>
> I do minimal maintenance, which in the last two years has been close to zero.
>
> I do get, however, occasional support requests (serviced as time permits) from
> South America and Russia, which makes me think they use it. How much, I don't
> know.
>
> Unless it is a pain, I'd keep it there

I think you should take the initial MAINTAINERS patch
that marks the mailing lists as subscribers-only.

I don't subscribe and got useless bounces.

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