From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E1642DC6; Tue, 4 Jul 2023 00:11:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 493A340F18; Tue, 4 Jul 2023 00:11:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f182.google.com (mail-pf1-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F9F40E03 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 4 Jul 2023 00:10:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f182.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-666ed230c81so4082094b3a.0 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:10:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20221208.gappssmtp.com; s=20221208; t=1688422259; x=1691014259; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:subject:cc:to :from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=8v424KTX8iR1Fmx0Rk4QMqo14FANbh2px73zuu3qpdE=; b=EZJiveL1yiqfDu9am/g35usm1cLNKpYESdo0XTxuOHDEbRWOXh1ZB6B+jHKpqzimKZ nqfGZyjQpApC8DS0j5Qg2Qy/DO6kNXNl6HyR16kFTqR0y+UX/G2L2Z9Be6m76Df59nvo 9lCH2ylTs5iXSH+0nzWwt6fjkKNdXufLpNaQnwhZEQil872AVjysWYpCbIDv9A7+8+Q4 JYZXlls41nqSyttOkLhaZr7sGtN7wVM8YMIvebvYgAZ7jnoB1xKd3DgiNvnqcv2AqsMh hTbHsNxZ7wFc0Zs3dUQXgsW9DlMzD12Cez2WQHO94wUXSMsHscEUz7N/ftA/yIMifXv5 es0g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1688422259; x=1691014259; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:subject:cc:to :from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=8v424KTX8iR1Fmx0Rk4QMqo14FANbh2px73zuu3qpdE=; b=UDyjJEhwK4QNUKA2BFTjnJETd/OT4XaCpaGHLqTT02nhyV0jB2fUq+A/n5nfREfbIX 6NgqvbpGmO/ftLrtcHvff/L4J4VkkRQp6qDrBtlcHN6p05nQWMXPZsaAV7kfCyyHjUG1 HhD7FAzeYvpB84A251IBEokF/KV/kiCRyzIxEDdBU3pQ+sYpGcg07mRO+3F8Aykg75/y a+H2sPLJ6l2oLs01OtHMEhXaXodqbEop7BTn/8KAnBMp3uaqSSagKXFlwJk/owlD9VMS kjVtRoUZL6SXis6TerITEz9KW7N/EhRtVvHjSYdbgbb6i4LfLa5V7UNwWvwWVfBnOWDg v31w== X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLbQPbW3AKpcc+Tbpx2M+RdMSIoMuNvU3AmBF5fOvj/sknA5bCg3 +ILF/xKqzfPVwZw5w5Zr4e9Wpi+OBx6PWmEz5jI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlFPXtAksgCGgB+PSJLtQ2DgzW9PjoLON0q1TVv8263YzRGiyGzDI40JniaSL0oreXd41IiuQw== X-Received: by 2002:aa7:8883:0:b0:666:7bc5:531c with SMTP id z3-20020aa78883000000b006667bc5531cmr17680417pfe.24.1688422258693; Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:10:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-120-218.wavecable.com. [204.195.120.218]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a19-20020a62e213000000b0063f0c9eadc7sm9103737pfi.200.2023.07.03.15.10.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:10:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 15:10:57 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> To: techboard@dpdk.org Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Introducing status field to MAINTAINERS? Message-ID: <20230703151057.303bb87a@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org While going through the old patches, noticed some that are in parts of DPDK that are pretty much abandoned. My suggestion would be introduce a subsystem status field in MAINTAINERS similar to what is done in Linux kernel. S: *Status*, one of the following: Supported: Someone is actually paid to look after this. Maintained: Someone actually looks after it. Odd Fixes: It has a maintainer but they don't have time to do much other than throw the odd patch in. See below.. Orphan: No current maintainer [but maybe you could take the role as you write your new code]. Obsolete: Old code. Something tagged obsolete generally means it has been replaced by a better system and you should be using that.