On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 02:35:54PM +0100, Andre Przywara wrote: > On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 09:13:44 -0400 > Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > thanks for the heads up, somehow the original email didn't reach me. > > > On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 04:50:34PM +0900, FUKAUMI Naoki wrote: > > > > > I no longer maintain them. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: FUKAUMI Naoki <nao...@gmail.com> > > > > Thanks for your time on these platforms. > > > > Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> > > > > Andre, Jagan, which one of you wants to pick these up? I assume you > > don't want to drop the defconfigs themselves. > > To be honest, I am more inclined to delete that whole file. Given its age > and the (natural and understandable) volatility of engagement for those > boards I don't think there is much actual information in there anymore than > "person originally submitted the *_defconfig" (which we have in the git > log). > For instance I think that Hans retreated from day-to-day sunxi > engagement years ago, and I wonder if he even still possesses all of these > boards listed under his name - which was more of a catch-all anyway, IIUC. > > So it's either that (which is certainly easier), or I write to everyone on > the list and ask for an update on the support situation. Because I also > feel that only a small fraction of these boards receives some testing, so > wouldn't be surprised to find many of them broken for a while - given the > refactoring we did lately. > > But please note that I don't intend to drop any of the defconfigs > unnecessarily, so just because we *believe* they are unsupported. > > Any opinions?
Reaching out to everyone listed and checking in with them is probably a good first step. Since these boards are just a defconfig, it's not too hard to resurrect them if later on someone has one and wants to maintain it. -- Tom
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