Re: [Qemu-trivial] [PATCH v2 10/12] MAINTAINERS: Orphanize the 'CPU (QOM)' subsystem

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

Hi Paolo, Eduardo,

On 12/18/18 4:22 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 01:34:52PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 18/12/18 12:56, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>> Nobody is looking at those files, downgrade this subsystem as orphan.
>>>
>>> Remove the address@hidden entry because the list is always
>>> selected by the 'All patches CC here' section.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
>>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
>>> ---
>>>  MAINTAINERS | 3 +--
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index e50f8c6b97..e6a73820f1 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -1745,8 +1745,7 @@ S: Supported
>>>  F: scripts/coverity-model.c
>>>  
>>>  CPU
>>> -L: address@hidden
>>> -S: Supported
>>> +S: Orphan
>>>  F: qom/cpu.c
>>>  F: include/qom/cpu.h
>>>  
>>>
>>
>> I don't think that's accurate.  Simply there's not much going on.  If
>> patches are sent, get-maintainers's git fallback will do something
>> (probably sending the patch to Eduardo, Igor or me).

I followed Markus suggestion from
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg05414.html:

  If we take the definition of S: in MAINTAINERS seriously,
  we need to appoint a maintainer (a person, not a mailing list),
  or downgrade to S: Orphan.

> 
> Should we add our names to that section, or is it OK to leave it
> as "S: Supported" even if it doesn't have any official
> maintainers?