Re: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Fri Aug 26 2016 - 09:01:43 EST


On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Many email addresses in MAINTAINERS no longer work so many
> sections in
> MAINTAINERS could likely be considered either
> obsolete or unmaintained.
>
> Marking these sections appropriately or simply removing the
> sections would make MAINTAINERS and get_maintainer.pl more
> useful.
>
> These M: entries in MAINTAINERS haven't authored or had any
> <foo>-by: signature entries in git log for the last 3 years.
>
> Some of these, like stable@xxxxxxxxxx and trivial@xxxxxxxxxx, are
> obviously addresses that should not be deleted from MAINTAINERS,
> but most of them are candidates for removal or update.
>
> The email addresses below are also bcc'd here to see what bounces.
> The list of the bounces will be collected.
>
> Thoughts?
>

> shuah@xxxxxxxxxx

Hi Joe,

Please keep my shuah@xxxxxxxxxx address. I don't use it for signing
patches. I use it so I don't misses patches whenver I am forced to
change my Sign-off address. I have had to change my address for one
reason or the other for the last few years.

thanks,
-- Shuah