Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove all S: entries

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 07/04/2020 17:15, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Feature support status is tracked in SUPPORT.md nowadays.
I don't think we track everything the same way. At least...

> Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   MAINTAINERS | 60 ------------------------------------------------------------
>   1 file changed, 60 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 8a4c869704..e784169d1b 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -69,16 +69,6 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
>         L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
>         W: Web-page with status/info
>         T: SCM tree type and location.  Type is one of: git, hg, quilt, stgit.
> -       S: Status, one of the following:
> -          Supported:   Someone is actually paid to look after this.
> -          Maintained:  Someone actually looks after it.
... we don't have a way to track code that are maintained but no-one is 
paid.
IHMO, this is an important to track as a contributor should not expect 
the same level of support between someone that is paid for it and 
someone that is not.
Cheers,

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Julien Grall