The backup maintainer role is not explicitly used in the file MAINTAINERS.
Listing names in a priority order is preferred and more flexible
than explicit named roles.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
---
doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index f37fb5557..5677f1393 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Trees and maintainers are listed in the ``MAINTAINERS`` file.
For example::
Crypto Drivers
--------------
M: Some Name <some.n...@email.com>
- B: Another Name <another.n...@email.com>
T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-crypto
Intel AES-NI GCM PMD
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ Trees and maintainers are listed in the ``MAINTAINERS`` file.
For example::
Where:
* ``M`` is a tree or component maintainer.
-* ``B`` is a tree backup maintainer.
* ``T`` is a repository tree.
* ``F`` is a maintained file or directory.
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