[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update my email address

Nick Alcock nix@esperi.org.uk
Thu Jul 9 19:21:29 GMT 2026


On 9 Jul 2026, Richard Earnshaw uttered the following:

> 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.

Thanks: will do.

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