From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0A042E9E; Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:09:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B99640FAE; Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:09:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f180.google.com (mail-pl1-f180.google.com [209.85.214.180]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74E1340A80 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:09:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f180.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1bb2468257fso10533285ad.0 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:09:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20221208.gappssmtp.com; s=20221208; t=1689610146; x=1692202146; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=SoUL4abHg/CBpDcDGxLjhY7cSPQnZ66kdfRsku6764I=; b=Ta3IMyRM+7iqX3D+KanCoSmObJidf5LT1E8GdxZUImz7QwCzSPOkl/Y9jtSL3OZuQd 3FQtFhH94u3AZxkDDuj/wQNQ99ZEbQHZCrFvDXx5Vdmyzp92wvBRjxQv1PqJ7I6MhaHF Mz0FSQnYn0nrAfbnpC1Qvucm8m9NnJmFJ8oUaAuE+f5T8wjQrQsUA1iT3UX/2RiKwMMo 2262QtLwzQOK6W9qdQq5dPtog1uCHG7XdX5AbdRB1vSfTU5z31VTJEh9OtOjHTqwI2V3 F4+lfyTGYsj3TRv9DxGyhmXVBC+hD7vqKS4L6YBpT2LGFtLtdNOQp0togi7AAc0kD2H2 2zwg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1689610146; x=1692202146; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=SoUL4abHg/CBpDcDGxLjhY7cSPQnZ66kdfRsku6764I=; b=UZmGtKdvFV5FzVs4L50Yh08tzdgiGh0BhI9RIyLnY72qo3sfQfVmj7GiSwRbDh4B3E /xl8F2Sc1OP9sZ5yRApMZJ87o+7FD/EhlahE8uMaUWO8kkMPJGL/6/2EWXpLgbvERp3g BUeeU16ZSwRD18KoCxz+YcQI0P0H5ZKJkiv+xqFmbN2QPcCvRu2YU0tSvpCiFPaCGtN+ lupchGEPD8Qh1PNrJJlEy4ZuzLBt+MeafhX8j7TCG5/aAVKSL0npgy3QH6t2jN5gmaKF niODuVtuDdKtjOJegzFBrQZ5ZYCSyVIAyRqsaddloJPbfz+UE9C9QrgQVeAwhN+6kNmq Vn3w== X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLaVKwNeuHIiZONBLdEPeDC88ZrodlbH70yJZmEe/NgVtEYRRSTz 64M2BtTVmkjoyFXzf/z+yzz5Cg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlGtHk2zd1cXyp0MYXNTb69sg9asuyCiACcWLHg0lwUwxl7A/Odqu2i3z0apJ0PJSjzRWd+d8A== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:cec3:b0:1b8:1e58:e906 with SMTP id d3-20020a170902cec300b001b81e58e906mr12863044plg.67.1689610146632; Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-127-207.wavecable.com. [204.195.127.207]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j1-20020a170902c3c100b001b23eb0b4bbsm74766plj.147.2023.07.17.09.09.06 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:09:04 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: techboard@dpdk.org, dev@dpdk.org, Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: Introducing status field to MAINTAINERS? Message-ID: <20230717090904.28e98135@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <2821945.3Lj2Plt8kZ@thomas> References: <20230703151057.303bb87a@hermes.local> <2821945.3Lj2Plt8kZ@thomas> 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:04:51 +0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 17/07/2023 16:12, Bruce Richardson: > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 03:10:57PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > 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. > > > > That seems a useful addition. +1 to add the extra info. > > I think we prefer removing unmaintained code. I would prefer removal as well, but there are things like KNI and that stay around for a year. And marking it as obsolete before removal would help. There are also some marginally useful things like ethtool which no one is maintaining.