Problem/Motivation
The MAINTAINERS.txt file for D7 hasn't been updated for years and lists people who are no longer involved. This gives a false sense of who is currently involved in working on D7 core and who could provide advice on individual topics as they arise.
Proposed resolution
webchick's wording from #3088932: [META] Drupal 7 needs additional maintenance support:
Update the maintainers list so it's accurate. For example, I am still on it, despite not committing anything to Drupal 7 since like 2012. :) There are other folks on there as well who've since left the project, so we should make the list up-to-date.
Alex Bronstein 'effulgentsia' https://www.drupal.org/u/effulgentsia
- Ajax system
- Form system
- Render system
- Theme system
Earl Miles 'merlinofchaos' https://www.drupal.org/u/merlinofchaos
- Ajax system
- Theme system
Damien Tournoud 'DamZ' https://www.drupal.org/u/damien-tournoud
- Cache system
- Base system
- PostgreSQL driver
- Sqlite driver
- Lock system
- OpenID module
Moshe Weitzman 'moshe weitzman' https://www.drupal.org/u/moshe-weitzman
- Base system
- Render system
- Node Access
- Node module
- User module
Yves Chedemois 'yched' https://www.drupal.org/u/yched
- Batch system
- Field module
- Field UI module
Nathaniel Catchpole 'catch' https://www.drupal.org/u/catch
- Cache system
- Entity system
- Path system
- Comment module
- Taxonomy module
Derek Wright 'dww' https://www.drupal.org/u/dww
- Cron system
- Update module
David Strauss 'David Strauss' https://www.drupal.org/u/david-strauss
- MySQL driver
- Node module
- Tracker module
- User module
Josh Waihi 'fiasco' https://www.drupal.org/u/josh-waihi
- PostgreSQL driver
Ashok Modi 'BTMash' https://www.drupal.org/u/btmash
- Database update system
Wolfgang Ziegler 'fago' https://www.drupal.org/u/fago
- Entity system
- Form system
Franz Heinzmann 'Frando' https://www.drupal.org/u/frando
- Entity system
- Form system
- Render system
Andrew Morton 'drewish' https://www.drupal.org/u/drewish
- File system
- Image system
Aaron Winborn 'aaron' https://www.drupal.org/u/aaron
- File system
- File module
Daniel F. Kudwien 'sun' https://www.drupal.org/u/sun
- Form system
- Language system
- Markup
- Contextual module
- Filter module
Nathan Haug 'quicksketch' https://www.drupal.org/u/quicksketch
- Image system
- Image module
David Rothstein 'David_Rothstein' https://www.drupal.org/u/david_rothstein
- Install system
- Shortcut module
Théodore Biadala 'nod_' https://www.drupal.org/u/nod_
- JavaScript
Steve De Jonghe 'seutje' https://www.drupal.org/u/seutje
- JavaScript
Francesco Placella 'plach' https://www.drupal.org/u/plach
- Language system
- Translation module
Jacine Luisi 'Jacine' https://www.drupal.org/u/jacine
- Markup
Peter Wolanin 'pwolanin' https://www.drupal.org/u/pwolanin
- Menu system
- Book module
Dave Reid 'davereid' https://www.drupal.org/u/dave-reid
- Path system
- Token system
- Contact module
- Path module
Joon Park 'dvessel' https://www.drupal.org/u/dvessel
- Theme system
John Albin Wilkins 'JohnAlbin' https://www.drupal.org/u/johnalbin
- Theme system
- Garland theme
- Stark theme
- Block module
Frederic G. Marand 'fgm' https://www.drupal.org/u/fgm
- XML-RPC system
Everett Zufelt 'Everett Zufelt' https://www.drupal.org/u/everett-zufelt
- Accessibility
Brandon Bowersox-Johnson 'bowersox' https://www.drupal.org/u/bowersox
- Accessibility
Jennifer Hodgdon 'jhodgdon' https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon
- Documentation
Gerhard Killesreiter 'killes' https://www.drupal.org/u/gerhard-killesreiter
- Translations
Roy Scholten 'yoroy' https://www.drupal.org/u/yoroy
- User experience and usability
Bojhan Somers 'Bojhan' https://www.drupal.org/u/bojhan
- User experience and usability
Ken Rickard 'agentrickard' https://www.drupal.org/u/agentrickard
- Node Access
Michael Hess 'mlhess' https://www.drupal.org/u/mlhess
- Security team
Khalid Baheyeldin 'kbahey' https://www.drupal.org/u/kbahey
- Database logging module
- Syslog module
Barry Jaspan 'bjaspan' https://www.drupal.org/u/bjaspan
- Field module
Lee Rowlands 'larowlan' https://www.drupal.org/u/larowlan
- Forum module
Gábor Hojtsy 'Gábor Hojtsy' https://www.drupal.org/u/gábor-hojtsy
- Locale module
Vojtech Kusy 'wojtha' https://www.drupal.org/u/wojtha
- OpenID module
Christian Schmidt 'c960657' https://www.drupal.org/u/c960657
- OpenID module
Katherine Senzee 'ksenzee' https://www.drupal.org/u/ksenzee
- Overlay module
Andrei Mateescu 'amateescu' https://www.drupal.org/u/amateescu
- Poll module
Stéphane Corlosquet 'scor' https://www.drupal.org/u/scor
- RDF module
Doug Green 'douggreen' https://www.drupal.org/u/douggreen
- Search module
Jimmy Berry 'boombatower' https://www.drupal.org/u/boombatower
- Simpletest module
Tim Millwood 'timmillwood' https://www.drupal.org/u/timmillwood
- Statistics module
Benjamin Doherty 'bangpound' https://www.drupal.org/u/bangpound
- Taxonomy module
Jen Simmons 'jensimmons' https://www.drupal.org/u/jensimmons
- Bartik theme
Jeff Burns 'Jeff Burnz' https://www.drupal.org/u/jeff-burnz
- Bartik theme
- Seven theme
Remaining tasks
1. Check with the folks above and see whether they still wish to be listed as a subsystem maintainer.
2. Update the file accordingly.
Comments
Comment #2
damienmckennaComment #3
damienmckennaComment #4
moshe weitzman commentedYou can leave me on there. I assume it will be quite rare that we make a significant change to a subsystem. I'm happy to jump in when we do. Routine bug fixes dont need subsystem maintainer approval, AFAIK.
Comment #5
michfuer commentedStarting from the top of the list I reached out to the following people
Remaining tasks
1. Continue contacting the rest of the users listed.
2. Update the file accordingly.