Re: [PATCH] rtc: MAINTAINERS: drop Alessandro Zummo

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Tue Dec 12 2023 - 03:29:44 EST


On 11/12/2023 17:58, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 02:26:00PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> Last email from Alessandro was in 2016, so remove him from maintainers
>> of the RTC subsystem. Stale maintainer entries hide information whether
>> subsystem needs help, has a bus-factor or is even orphaned.
>>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=f%3A%22Alessandro+Zummo%22
>
> unusual usage of Link: (which traditionally has an URL proving the patch
> submission).

"If related discussions or any other background information behind the
change can be found on the web, add 'Link:' tags pointing to it."

It's additional information outside serving as an proof. It's like the
"background information".

>
>> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> MAINTAINERS | 1 -
>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index ec736fccbb26..82ef00014f41 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -18271,7 +18271,6 @@ X: include/linux/srcu*.h
>> X: kernel/rcu/srcu*.c
>>
>> REAL TIME CLOCK (RTC) SUBSYSTEM
>> -M: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> M: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> L: linux-rtc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> S: Maintained
>
> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Maybe it would be a nice move to add him to CREDITS.


Yes, this is good idea. I will send v2.

Best regards,
Krzysztof