Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Matt Mackall as his identity is obsolete

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Sep 20 2021 - 09:01:39 EST


Hi Uwe,

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 11:52 AM Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The mails I sent to Matt on September 14 and 20 both were refused by the
> MTA responsible for selenic.com (i.e. waste.org) with:
>
> 554 5.7.1 <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>: Recipient address rejected: This identity is obsolete
>
> Also the most recent commit that involved him (ignoring "Cc: Matt
> Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>" footers) is commit 330e0a01d54c (MAINTAINERS:
> Theodore Ts'o is taking over the random driver) where he was removed
> from the entry for random number drivers in 2012.
>
> So drop him completely from the list of maintainers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index d7b4f32875a9..805630c67a1f 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -6812,7 +6812,6 @@ F: drivers/media/usb/em28xx/
>
> EMBEDDED LINUX
> M: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> -M: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Perhaps this should be replaced by
"Olivia Mackall <olivia@xxxxxxxxxxx>" instead?

> M: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-embedded@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained
> @@ -8157,7 +8156,6 @@ F: include/trace/events/hwmon*.h
> K: (devm_)?hwmon_device_(un)?register(|_with_groups|_with_info)
>
> HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE
> -M: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Odd fixes

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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