Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] MAINTAINERS: mark sections from Ralf Baechle orphan

From: Joshua Kinard
Date: Sat Jul 17 2021 - 17:05:20 EST


On 7/17/2021 03:03, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 1:04 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The domain lookup for linux-mips.org fails for quite some time now. Hence,
>> webpages, the patchwork instance and Ralf Baechle's email there is not
>> reachable anymore.
>>
>
> There has not been any specific comment on marking kernel parts solely
> "maintained" by Ralf Baechle as Orphan.
>
> So, given the feedback on this overall patch set from Maciej and Kurt:
> - the domain lookup for linux-mips.org does resolve again.
> - the patchwork instance moved.
> - Ralf Baechle's email now does at least forward somewhere.
>
> However, it still holds that:
>
> Ralf Baechle has not been active since February 2018; so, set all
> MAINTAINERS sections with Ralf as sole maintainer to Orphan, and give
> others a chance to claim maintainership if these sections are still of
> interest.
>
> I suggest that independent of the other patches in this patch set, I
> rework the commit message of this patch here (basically dropping the
> first sentence) and send out a final patch for this subject that
> Thomas can then pick.
>
> Any comments or rejections to that suggestion?
>
> Lukas


>> @@ -9654,9 +9652,8 @@ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/gyroscope/invensense,mpu3050.yaml
>> F: drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050*
>>
>> IOC3 ETHERNET DRIVER
>> -M: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> L: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> -S: Maintained
>> +S: Orphan
>> F: drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/ioc3-eth.c

Thomas virtually re-wrote this driver, so it is probably more appropriate to
leave it as maintained, but mark him as the maintainer.

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