Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update Dialog Semiconductor mailing list, website

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Aug 01 2022 - 07:21:25 EST


On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 11:01:40AM +0000, Adam Thomson wrote:
> Now Dialog Semiconductor is part of Renesas, the mailing list and
> web addresses have been updated. This commit aligns with those
> recent changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Thomson <DLG-Adam.Thomson.Opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 64379c699903..b1015d06d429 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5923,9 +5923,9 @@ F: arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32mp1*-dhcom-*
> F: arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32mp1*-dhcor-*
>
> DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVERS
> -M: Support Opensource <support.opensource@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M: DLG Support Opensource <DLG-Support.Opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I strongly discourage any anonymous "group alias" for maintainers of any
kernel code, as that takes away the personal responsibility from the
maintainer entirely, which defeats one of the strongest reasons that
open source development efforts work so well.

Why not just switch this over to you instead?

thanks,

greg k-h