Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Remove Shawn Anastasio as PPC64 maintainer

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 30.10.2025 16:31, Timothy Pearson wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Timothy Pearson" <tpearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "xen-devel" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "shawn" 
>> <shawn@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Andrew Cooper"
>> <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Julien Grall" <julien@xxxxxxx>, "Stefano 
>> Stabellini" <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Anthony
>> PERARD" <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Michal Orzel" <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, 
>> "Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2025 10:28:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Remove Shawn Anastasio as PPC64 
>> maintainer
> 
>> On 30.10.2025 16:09, Timothy Pearson wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Timothy Pearson" <tpearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>> On 29.10.2025 20:38, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 29 Oct 2025, Timothy Pearson wrote:
>>>>>> Shawn is no longer with Raptor Engineering.  For now, add myself as PPC64
>>>>>> reviewer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Timothy Pearson <tpearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
>>>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>> index ecd3f40df8..c8764a8c5f 100644
>>>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>>>> @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ F:   xen/drivers/cpufreq/
>>>>>>  F:      xen/include/acpi/cpufreq/
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  PPC64
>>>>>> -M:      Shawn Anastasio <sanastasio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> +M:      Timothy Pearson <tpearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>  F:      xen/arch/ppc/
>>>>>
>>>>> The "R" letter is used for reviewers. The change can be done while
>>>>> committing.
>>>>
>>>> And with that change:
>>>> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Just to mention: I can't see what you used as basis to compose the Cc list.
>>>> George's
>>>> email address has been out of use for quite a while, and he isn't with the
>>>> project
>>>> anymore. Wei had turned to other activities yet longer ago. And with Shawn
>>>> having
>>>> left Raptor (as you indicated), I expect his email address there would now 
>>>> also
>>>> bounce. I have, therefore, heavily edited the Cc list of this reply.
>>>
>>> I had pulled the CC list from the "Rest" in the MAINTAINERS file in the 
>>> root of
>>> the GIT tree.  Should I have been looking elsewhere?
>>
>> That's the right place, but did you perhaps look at a (very) stale version?
> 
> Not that I know of...
> 
> commit 9db10d89c41e0272066a8547ec5ee2a642663baa
> Author: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>
> Date:   Mon Oct 13 10:41:01 2025 +0200
> 
>     MAINTAINERS: Add myself as an AMD SVM & IOMMU reviewer
> 
>     Split out AMD SVM and AMD IOMMU, and add myself as a reviewer.  Jan,
>     Andrew and Roger are set as maintainers as they were for the X86 entry.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>
>     Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> commit ac58e34a0960bcc71583edfc6b4d6baa5e81c7d0
> Author: Stewart Hildebrand <stewart.hildebrand@xxxxxxx>
> Date:   Thu Sep 25 09:19:21 2025 +0200
> 
>     MAINTAINERS: add myself as vPCI reviewer
> 
>     I'd like to take a more active role in reviewing vPCI bits.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Stewart Hildebrand <stewart.hildebrand@xxxxxxx>
>     Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Ends with:
> 
> 
> THE REST
> M:      Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M:      Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M:      Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>
> M:      Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> M:      Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
> M:      Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M:      Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> L:      xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S:      Supported
> F:      *
> F:      */
> V:      xen-maintainers-1

And where did George and Wei come from then, while several of the people above
were missing?

Jan