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Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:00:48 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
Cc:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
        linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
        Anil Gurumurthy <anil.gurumurthy@qlogic.com>,
        Sudarsana Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@qlogic.com>,
        linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@marvell.com,
        Arun Easi <aeasi@marvell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: orphan sections with qlogic.com group alias
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 12:17:58PM +0300, Roman Bolshakov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 09:08:24AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > Previous attempts of getting an answer from the qlogic.com group alias,
> > i.e., QLogic-Storage-Upstream@qlogic.com, have remained unanswered; see
> > links below.
> > 
> > Mark those sections Orphan to prepare their deletion or give an actual
> > person a chance to step up to maintain those drivers.
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-spdx/20190606205526.447558989@linutronix.de
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-spdx/alpine.DEB.2.21.2006300644130.4919@felia
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-spdx/alpine.DEB.2.21.2008270740140.31123@felia
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > applies cleanly on current master and next-20200828
> > 
> > James, Martin, please pick this minor non-urgent patch.
> > 
> > Anil, Sudarsana, if these drivers are still maintained by qlogic, please
> > provide actual names of people that maintain these drivers.
> > 
> >  MAINTAINERS | 9 +++------
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 3b186ade3597..415058b48a2e 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -3507,15 +3507,13 @@ F:	drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.*
> >  F:	drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2_*
> >  
> >  BROADCOM BNX2FC 10 GIGABIT FCOE DRIVER
> > -M:	QLogic-Storage-Upstream@qlogic.com
> >  L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> > -S:	Supported
> > +S:	Orphan
> >  F:	drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/
> >  
> >  BROADCOM BNX2I 1/10 GIGABIT iSCSI DRIVER
> > -M:	QLogic-Storage-Upstream@qlogic.com
> >  L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> > -S:	Supported
> > +S:	Orphan
> >  F:	drivers/scsi/bnx2i/
> >  
> >  BROADCOM BNX2X 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER
> > @@ -14212,9 +14210,8 @@ F:	Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/qlogic/LICENSE.qla3xxx
> >  F:	drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.*
> >  
> >  QLOGIC QLA4XXX iSCSI DRIVER
> > -M:	QLogic-Storage-Upstream@qlogic.com
> >  L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> > -S:	Supported
> > +S:	Orphan
> >  F:	Documentation/scsi/LICENSE.qla4xxx
> >  F:	drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.17.1
> > 
> 
> CC'd Arun,
> 
> I think it's worth to update the alias to:
> 
> GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@marvell.com

Again, no, please remove aliases and use real names and email addresses,
otherwise accountability is lost over time, as we have seen constantly.

thanks,

greg k-h