Re: [PATCH v3] MAINTAINERS: Drop Mark Gross

From: Herbert Xu

Date: Sun Jul 12 2026 - 23:45:53 EST


On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 07:38:03PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Sending mail to Mark's Intel address results in the intel mail
> server rejecting the mail. Dave Hansen confirmed he left Intel.
> The kernel.org address seems to work, but there was no reply from Mark
> on the discussion about broken email settings and his maintainer
> entries.
>
> So drop him from all maintainer entries.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hello,
>
> this patch was already send end of May (v1 @
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260526173806.3227828-2-ukleinek@xxxxxxxxxx).
> Konstantin then suggested to change the maintainer contacts to the
> kernel.org address as at least one of the forward-addresses for the
> kernel.org account didn't bounce. This v2
> (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260526193238.3622176-2-ukleinek@xxxxxxxxxx)
> wasn't picked up yet, but given the continued silence I think removing
> Mark completely is the saner choice now.
>
> If someone has a better contact, please make him react. If he returns
> later, the entries can easily get restored.
>
> Best regards
> Uwe
>
> MAINTAINERS | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Patch applied. Thanks.
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