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SubjectRe: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists


On Fri, 11 Sep 2020, Joe Perches wrote:

> 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@broadcom.com (exploder for non-subscribers)
>

It is a bit long, but sounds good to me.

If that is still the terminology to settle for, I will send out patches to
update the description and data in MAINTAINERS.

Lukas

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