Re: [PATCH 7/7] docs/zh_TW: remove the last maintainer contact references

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 11:38:29AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> While I approve of removing all of these extraneous lines, I wonder if
> it wouldn't be better to do it as part of updating the material in
> general? (A question, not a demand!)

My preference is to keep the two separate, if that is acceptable.

This series does one mechanical thing that can be checked by
inspection. What to do about the stale translations is a different
question and a much larger one: IRQ.txt and io_ordering.txt translate
English files that no longer exist, and several of the arch/ and
filesystems/ documents are years behind. Some of those probably want
removing rather than updating, and that is a judgement call per
document rather than something to fold into a cleanup.

I would rather bring that as its own discussion, and I intend to --
Weijie has been surveying which zh_TW documents are worth keeping, and
it makes sense to settle the contact-block churn first so that
discussion is about content only.

If you would rather hold this series until the wider question is
settled, that is fine too; the addresses have been stale for two years
and a few more weeks will not hurt.

> Meanwhile, as a matter of general politeness, if you're removing
> somebody's name/email from a file, it is best to copy them; I have
> added Eric here.

Thank you for adding Eric, and sorry for the omission -- I copied the
zh_TW maintainer and did not think past that.

I have gone through the diff and added everyone whose address this
series touches. It is a longer list than I expected: the zh_TW tree was
character-converted from zh_CN, so the contact blocks carry the names
of the original zh_CN translators as well. Apologies to those now
receiving a thread about files they may not remember working on.

Chen-Yu

Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> 於 2026年8月20日週四 上午1:38寫道：
>
> Chen-Yu Yeh <chenyou910331@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > disclaimer-zh_TW.rst is included by every zh_TW document and told
> > readers to mail the listed maintainer directly; index.rst asked
> > would-be contributors to send patches to the same address.  Point both
> > at MAINTAINERS instead, so the contact information lives in one place,
> > and drop the remaining contact blocks in the top-level files.
> >
> > This mirrors disclaimer-zh_CN.rst, which names no address and refers to
> > the Chinese documentation maintainers and reviewers instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Yeh <chenyou910331@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/translations/zh_TW/IRQ.txt              | 8 --------
> >  Documentation/translations/zh_TW/disclaimer-zh_TW.rst | 7 ++++---
> >  Documentation/translations/zh_TW/index.rst            | 2 +-
> >  Documentation/translations/zh_TW/io_ordering.txt      | 6 ------
> >  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/IRQ.txt b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/IRQ.txt
> > index 8115a7618307..b9a3e18495d2 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/IRQ.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/IRQ.txt
> > @@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ communicating in English you can also ask the Chinese maintainer for
> >  help.  Contact the Chinese maintainer if this translation is outdated
> >  or if there is a problem with the translation.
> >
> > -Maintainer: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > -Traditional Chinese maintainer: Hu Haowen <2023002089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As noted elsewhere, this file is long gone, suggesting that this
> translation is ancient indeed.  While I approve of removing all of these
> extraneous lines, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to do it as part of
> updating the material in general?  (A question, not a demand!)
>
> Meanwhile, as a matter of general politeness, if you're removing
> somebody's name/email from a file, it is best to copy them; I have added
> Eric here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> jon