[U-Boot] [PATCH] cosmetic: boards.cfg: mark dead email addresses

[Masahiro Yamada]

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.boot at 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.

Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada