From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-wm1-f47.google.com (mail-wm1-f47.google.com [209.85.128.47]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3556A17E3 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:50:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm1-f47.google.com with SMTP id c187-20020a1c35c4000000b003a30d88fe8eso883698wma.2 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:50:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc; bh=3ZZju1rfKXqRR+dnnkPDJYPyxpM31Bz/JX/P4MnS4RM=; b=xrHE//CRSOBxlWwRh3KwWzFByjI962DkSvkkaFQphePbZI9vQauFlFCiuvoG5XN5LY DGq5fHiZVW3MLHTcdSxwuQIT+Gq020E7gM1F7jOm7e8HF0ndbDOUxTrqUufmGSWACHdn vopeTW3xWXpXjvJDESC5BQyP5HJW4q8v74uMRrrwXPdF6P28bwu4K3qbJHXCBClVbqLp OkybQUzWauytH5dDGvkw9zyK5aYfzrcC0eXSu+GO5fYpkZ1bNj6dBG9bxQxBq/iQ4jax jxCtcnXjErnjVfB24Jin3EVCVJ2zcAdCos5dg656e2liJ1+VC9tHRtyIOyZyOFOGbUmU hSpg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=3ZZju1rfKXqRR+dnnkPDJYPyxpM31Bz/JX/P4MnS4RM=; b=DGmhcDHc7hiTfBFoD+LAdQtGSP1E7faXobUWOi9BlfnjlnS+9VW7W8E04qHH8hASyR kWBppKvYjtXlvU75ksRNrDU+qBPVpBF9E2tsUPv2EPTk22Bl+wNDEQJkkdMumfSvd289 x61DwYthzPgrEHqKtyEDmq+62GBXH3OHGNGJP+5LluKIW0ZQ4qqrt922EdE7UgjI3zKs zH+ElZxXZlmaREIA6pol09yK6YzKb6mUwH8+MqHp1awA77WIpgSXwn0ZTLfgrF+c/cHX LZVVLVAQ6BfGwTygg34nUvgFJsNQQWF14337rAX0JU8BOj6R46PDJnWpFeVYanYcHimQ lV9g== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo0SrnbmnF+PMGeWhpLyLs2/vmhJOTPHp5JRzdjFb1iqWwy0s3Iw 7i7rU7OHyvUDgdyjpWbw0/Hvig== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR4iFhoI3xAuCvRNN6BjJrxEoD2RWkXc3hUinD4TYuUjvFzooKI028WUCYU9bvN8t3u+c3btMw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:2314:b0:3a5:180:a9f8 with SMTP id 20-20020a05600c231400b003a50180a9f8mr2161730wmo.163.1660132252419; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:50:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from google.com (cpc155339-bagu17-2-0-cust87.1-3.cable.virginm.net. [86.27.177.88]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p14-20020a05600c358e00b003a5b746abd4sm461833wmq.22.2022.08.10.04.50.51 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:50:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:50:50 +0100 From: Lee Jones To: Lukas Bulwahn Cc: Greg KH , Dan Carpenter , Stephen Hemminger , ksummit@lists.linux.dev, Lee Jones Subject: Re: Validating MAINTAINERS entries? Message-ID: References: <20220809171316.1d6ce319@hermes.local> <20220810082640.GK3438@kadam> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, 10 Aug 2022, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:50 AM Greg KH 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?