Re: Validating MAINTAINERS entries?

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2022, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:50 AM Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:26:40AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 05:13:16PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > > Several times in the past, when using MAINTAINERS list either automatically
> > > > (or from manual entry) have found the mailing address in the file is no longer valid.
> > > >
> > > > What about doing an annual probe mail to all maintainers and sending
> > > > a patch to prune out any addresses that auto respond as dead.
> > > > This won't catch ghost entries but would find any dead ones.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Also we could add a RETIRED file or something for when people retire and
> > > don't want get_maintainer.pl hassling them.
> >
> > Isn't that what CREDITS is for?
> >
> 
> I agree with Greg here.
> 
> For:
> "a RETIRED file or something for when people retire" -> CREDITS

> "don't want get_maintainer.pl hassling them" -> .get_maintainer.ignore

This potentially looks good.  Does it ignore completely though?

Is there anything I can use that says:

  "Don't suggest mailing me for any files I'm not the maintainer of?"

I am presently plagued with reviews for lots of files that I've
touched over the years.  Even if the changes were trivial.

Or is this just an education point?