On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 12:53:36PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:23:07PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 11:54:02AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 05:49:54PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 10:32:09AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 04:14:18PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > > > > > He's no longer active maintaining ISDN/mISDN subsystem: his last message
> > > > > > on kernel mailing lists was three years ago [1] and last commit activity
> > > > > > from him was 1e1589ad8b5cb5 ("mISDN: Support DR6 indication in mISDNipac
> > > > > > driver") in 2016 when he gave Acked-by: from his @b1-systems.de address.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Move him to CREDITS, as netdev people should already handle ISDN/mISDN
> > > > > > patches.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0ee243a9-9937-ad26-0684-44b18e772662@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> > > > > > Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Cc: Karsten Keil <keil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > Are you sure he's not active? It doesn't take much work to keep an old
> > > > > subsystem like this alive, last I remember, real changes were accepted
> > > > > just fine.
> > > >
> > > > As for LKML messages, yes; he doesn't post any new messages since 2020.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Perhaps just don't send coding style cleanups to old subsystems? :)
> > > > >
> > > > > I would not take these unless Karsten agrees that he no longer wants to
> > > > > maintain this.
> > > >
> > > > OK, I will send a private message to him asking for continuing maintainer
> > > > role. If there's no response from him by the new year, then it's safe to
> > > > route this through net tree instead (hence [PATCH net]).
> > >
> > > Why are you arbritrarily saying that "no response in 2 weeks, during the
> > > time of the year almost all of Europe is on vacation, means we drop
> > > someone from the MAINTAINERS file"?
> > >
> >
> > Because I'm impatient.
>
> Then kernel development might not be the best thing to work on as
> patience is required here.
>
> > Maybe I can wait for right timing to reroll once
> > Karsten agrees to remove his MAINTAINERS entry.
>
> That's up to Karsten, not you.
>
> Again, please relax, slow down, and perhaps work on something more
> technical, like actual kernel fixes?
OK, thanks!
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