Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update Traditional Chinese documentation maintainers

On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 07:02:46AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Weijie Yuan <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> >> index 2f9472c1a090..60f77e7fd3f5 100644
> >> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> >> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> >> @@ -27460,10 +27460,11 @@ F:	kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
> >>  F:	kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
> >>  
> >>  TRADITIONAL CHINESE DOCUMENTATION
> >> +M:	Chen-Yu Yeh <[email protected]>
> >> +M:	Weijie Yuan <[email protected]>
> >>  M:	Hu Haowen <[email protected]>
> >
> > Agreed: Haowen is always welcomed :-)
> 
> Nonetheless, I'm not sure I see the value of listing a maintainer who
> has not maintained for years; a move to CREDITS may be in order.

Makes sense. I haven't even noticed there's a CREDITS file before. Sorry.

> > I remembered Haowen sent a patch here [1] aiming to change his name and
> > address to:
> >
> > Haowen Hu <[email protected]>
> >
> > Can we pick it up here?, while it may also needs Haowen's double check..
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/[email protected]/
> 
> I resisted that because it was the third time churning all of those
> email addresses in all of those files.  If we are going to address them
> now, I think the best thing is to simply remove them.

Sorry about that.

I was previously aware of the relevant context regarding this matter, so
I only thought of simply updating his email address only here while we
are at it. But obviously, moving to CREDITS is a better idea.

Thanks.