Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements.

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

 	Hi Greg,

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 6e90b675cf942e50
("MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance
requirements.") in v6.12-rc4.

On Fri, 18 Oct 2024, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come
> back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

[...]

> @@ -888,7 +882,6 @@ F:	drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/
>
> ALPHA PORT
> M:	Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> -M:	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
> M:	Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
> L:	linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
> S:	Odd Fixes
> @@ -2263,12 +2256,6 @@ L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> S:	Maintained
> F:	arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c
>
> -ARM/CIRRUS LOGIC CLPS711X ARM ARCHITECTURE
> -M:	Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@mail.ru>
> -L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> -S:	Odd Fixes
> -N:	clps711x
> -

This also removes the mailing list entry, causing submitters of future
patches to forget CCing the mailing list.

Why not just drop the cancelled M:-entry instead, like you did above?

The same is true for several other sections.
I have sent a fix for the sections related to Renesas drivers[1].

> ARM/CIRRUS LOGIC EP93XX ARM ARCHITECTURE
> M:	Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
> M:	Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com>

[1] "[PATCH/RFC] MAINTAINERS: Re-add cancelled Renesas driver sections"
     https://lore.kernel.org/all/0a189e2c4090a1b308e18005d2552e335bac354f.1729511337.git.geert+renesas@glider.be/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

 						Geert

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