On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 05:38:40PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hello Tom, Albert, > > > > > > > > > > It is not clear to me when we should change the board status > > > > > from "Active" to "Orphan". > > > > > (Could you show me the basic guideline, Tom ? or Albert ?) > > > > > There are many boards without maintainers, which are still "Active". > > > > > > > > This is a known, and so far, open, question. Right now, orphan boards > > > > are those which were marked so in the former MAINTAINERS file. My > > > > personal opinion is that "Active" should mean the board is > > > > activelymaintained and any maintainer e-mail address associated > > > > with the board is that of an active maintainer, and "Orphan" means the > > > > board is not actively maintained any more but still builds, and any > > > > address associated with it is that of the last known maintainer(s). > > > > > > +1 to this definition and yes, oops, I meant Orphan not Inactive. > > > > We should clarify this definition of Active/Orphan in the boards.cfg > > header text. > > > > Also, maybe we could simply mark dead addresses by suffixing the domain > > part with ".invalid"? For instance, the "dead" form of my own e-mail > > address would be <albert.u.b...@aribaud.net.invalid>? That would make > > sure that no mail is ever submitted to a correct domain with a bogus > > recipient. > > > Definition: > "Active" should mean the board is activelymaintained and any > maintainer e-mail address associated with the board is that of an > active maintainer, and "Orphan" means the board is not actively > maintained any more but still builds, and any address associated > with it is that of the last known maintainer(s). > > If we adopt this definition, adding "dead address" or ".invalid" > is redundant, isn't it? > > Changing the status to "Orphan" is enough > because "Orphan" declares its email address is invalid.
Yes. -- Tom
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