Re: [RFC PATCH] Remove mentions of the Trivial Patch Monkey

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On 12/14/21 11:14 AM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Apparently, it was decided that trivial@xxxxxxxxxx
> is no longer used.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fe86efbd-4e03-76c8-55cf-dabd33e85823@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Co-developed-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cc: akpm

Thanks.

> ---
> Sending this before we forget about it...
> 
> We may want to keep the definition of "trivial patch" somewhere else.
> 
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 19 -------------------
>  MAINTAINERS                                  |  6 ------
>  2 files changed, 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index 6b3aaed66fba..31ea120ce531 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -271,25 +271,6 @@ least a notification of the change, so that some information makes its way
>  into the manual pages.  User-space API changes should also be copied to
>  linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
>  
> -For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey
> -trivial@xxxxxxxxxx which collects "trivial" patches. Have a look
> -into the MAINTAINERS file for its current manager.
> -
> -Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules:
> -
> -- Spelling fixes in documentation
> -- Spelling fixes for errors which could break :manpage:`grep(1)`
> -- Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad)
> -- Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct)
> -- Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things)
> -- Removing use of deprecated functions/macros
> -- Contact detail and documentation fixes
> -- Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific,
> -  since people copy, as long as it's trivial)
> -- Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file (ie. patch monkey
> -  in re-transmission mode)
> -
> -
>  
>  No MIME, no links, no compression, no attachments.  Just plain text
>  -------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 13f9a84a617e..c88bac733e9e 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -19334,12 +19334,6 @@ W:	https://github.com/srcres258/linux-doc
>  T:	git git://github.com/srcres258/linux-doc.git doc-zh-tw
>  F:	Documentation/translations/zh_TW/
>  
> -TRIVIAL PATCHES
> -M:	Jiri Kosina <trivial@xxxxxxxxxx>
> -S:	Maintained
> -T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial.git
> -K:	^Subject:.*(?i)trivial
> -
>  TTY LAYER
>  M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  M:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 


-- 
~Randy
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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