Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements.

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Oct 21 2024 - 08:02:55 EST


Hi Greg,

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 6e90b675cf942e50
("MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance
requirements.") in v6.12-rc4.

On Fri, 18 Oct 2024, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come
back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

@@ -888,7 +882,6 @@ F: drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/

ALPHA PORT
M: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx>
-M: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
M: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
L: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
S: Odd Fixes
@@ -2263,12 +2256,6 @@ L: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-subscribers)
S: Maintained
F: arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c

-ARM/CIRRUS LOGIC CLPS711X ARM ARCHITECTURE
-M: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@xxxxxxx>
-L: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-subscribers)
-S: Odd Fixes
-N: clps711x
-

This also removes the mailing list entry, causing submitters of future
patches to forget CCing the mailing list.

Why not just drop the cancelled M:-entry instead, like you did above?

The same is true for several other sections.
I have sent a fix for the sections related to Renesas drivers[1].

ARM/CIRRUS LOGIC EP93XX ARM ARCHITECTURE
M: Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
M: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxx>

[1] "[PATCH/RFC] MAINTAINERS: Re-add cancelled Renesas driver sections"
https://lore.kernel.org/all/0a189e2c4090a1b308e18005d2552e335bac354f.1729511337.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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