Re: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Sep 11 2020 - 06:16:35 EST


On Fri, 2020-09-11 at 08:37 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> in my continued effort to clean up MAINTAINERS, I came across various
> email "lists" that are actually just some kind of internal distribution
> lists, but we cannot subscribe to them (no archives available) and they
> are not affiliated to a specific person.
>
> Some examples are:
>
> - bcm-kernel-feedback-list.broadcom.com
> - brcm80211-dev-list.cypress.com
> - brcm80211-dev-list.pdl.broadcom.com
> - coreteam.netfilter.org
> - esc.storagedev.microsemi.com
> - linux-imx.nxp.com
> - megaraidlinux.pdl.broadcom.com
> - MPT-FusionLinux.pdl.broadcom.com
> - ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
> - oss-drivers.netronome.com
> - patches.opensource.cirrus.com
> - qat-linux.intel.com
> - rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
> - sparmaintainer.unisys.com
> - wil6210.qti.qualcomm.com
> - x86.kernel.org

At one time, those sorts of email addresses were called "exploders"

Perhaps mark them as such?
Maybe like:

L: megaraidlinux.pdl@xxxxxxxxxxxx (exploder for non-subscribers)