[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update my email address

Richard Earnshaw (foss) Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com
Thu Jul 9 15:44:44 GMT 2026


On 09/07/2026 16:06, Nix wrote:
> On 14 May 2026, Nick Alcock said:
> 
>> ---
>>  binutils/MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> I was placed on notice of redundancy recently.  This will not stop me
>> hacking on libctf, though it might slow for a while due to job searches
>> and a modicum of recovery time (thirty years without any breaks of more
>> than two weeks does take a toll).  I intend to remain the maintainer and
>> not disappear into the sunset.  Alan Modra's retirement holds lessons for
>> us all. :)
> 
> This is finally pushed. Sorry I overlooked it.
> 
> My only remaining fun is in sourcware bz, where I have two accounts, one
> under nix@esperi.org.uk (very old), one under my now-gone Oracle
> email address, so I can't rename the latter to point to the former
> because I am in effect emailsquatting myself.
> 
> I propose to simply ignore this and switch to using nix@esperi.org.uk
> for everything, assuming I can. The old oracle account had editbugs
> permission; the nix@esperi.org.uk one doesn't. I'm not sure why I had
> that: should I need it, I'll ask for it.
> 

If you reach out on IRC (LiberaChat #overseers), someone will probably be able to help sort the bz accounts out for you.

R.


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