Messages in this thread | | | From | Anders Larsen <> | Subject | Re: MAINTAINERS without commits in the last 3 years | Date | Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:19:33 +0200 |
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On Wednesday, 2016-08-24 16:33 Joe Perches wrote: > Many email addresses in MAINTAINERS no longer work so many > sections in > MAINTAINERS could likely be considered either > obsolete or unmaintained.
Whereas I agree it's helpful to purge dysfunctional adresses...
> These M: entries in MAINTAINERS haven't authored or had any > <foo>-by: signature entries in git log for the last 3 years.
...IMHO just because there hasn't been any activity for <arbitrary amount of time> does not automatically mean the subsystem in question has been abandoned.
I'm using "my" subsystem (QNX4 FS) almost daily, so I don't believe anything would be gained if get_maintainers.pl would stop keeping me in the loop.
Cheers Anders
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