Re: [PATCH] x86: Make x86@xxxxxxxxxx a list and not a maintainer

[Dave Hansen]

On 8/20/25 14:41, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:37:57 -0700
> Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> The MAINTAINERS document starts with:
>>>
>>>         M: *Mail* patches to: FullName <address@domain>
>>> 	[..]
>>>         L: *Mailing list* that is relevant to this area  
>> Yeah, it's not a person, but it's also not a list that folks can
>> subscribe to. So there really isn't a good fit for it. I've never heard
>> of it causing any problems, so my inclination would be to just leave it
>> as-is.
> My complaint is that it's listed as both 'L' and 'M'. It should at least be
> consistent.

Ahh, gotcha. I didn't realize how many entries we had pointing to it!

The main one is:

	X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)
	...
	M:      x86@xxxxxxxxxx

so if we're going to be making it consistent, I'd move them all over to
M:, not L:.

But I'm still not seeing much of a problem here. :)