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SubjectRe: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Matt Mackall as his identity is obsolete
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Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:48 AM Laurent Pinchart
> <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:33:10AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2021-10-19 at 09:55 +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 03:17:22PM -0600, Tim Bird wrote:
>> > > > I think an overhaul of the "EMBEDDED LINUX" MAINTAINERS entry
>> > > > is long-overdue.
>> > > >
>> > > > No offense to any of the 3 persons listed, but I think the kernel developer
>> > > > community would be better served by a group of individuals with a more
>> > > > current active role in embedded linux. I have a few names I'll
>> > > > toss out for
>> > > > candidates: Matt Porter, Kevin Hilman, Thomas Gleixner, Thomas
>> > > > Petazonni, Laurent Pinchart, and Uwe Kleine-König (and maybe even
>> > > > myself).
>> > > >
>> > > > This entry in the MAINTAINERS file is somewhat special, in that it
>> > > > covers a "field of endeavor" rather than a specific set of files or
>> > > > directories.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thoughts?
>> > >
>> > > Thank you for volunteering me :-)
>> > >
>> > > I was indeed wondering about this particular MAINTAINERS entry. As it
>> > > doesn't cover any particular set of files, directories, drivers,
>> > > subsystems or architectures, what does being listed here endeavour ?
>> >
>> > Basically nothing; I was going to suggest removing it entirely. There's
>> > certainly no point listing me there any more.
>> >
>> > Once upon a time it involved a certain amount of heckling about memory
>> > usage and "your hash table doesn't need to be that large" but that ship
>> > sailed a long time ago :)
>>
>> Heckling is still an option without a MAINTAINERS entry I suppose :-)
>
> Don't worry, I keep on sailing ;-)
>
>> I wouldn't object if we were to remove it.
>
> +1
>

Agreed. Let's just drop this entry.

Kevin

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