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

DamienMcKenna created an issue. See original summary.

damienmckenna’s picture

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moshe weitzman’s picture

You 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.

michfuer’s picture

Starting from the top of the list I reached out to the following people

  • Alex Bronstein: d.o. message
  • Earl Miles: ???
  • Damien Tournoud: d.o. message
  • Moshe Weitzman: d.o. message
  • Yves Chedemois: d.o. message

Remaining tasks

1. Continue contacting the rest of the users listed.
2. Update the file accordingly.

Status: Active » Closed (outdated)

Automatically closed because Drupal 7 security and bugfix support has ended as of 5 January 2025. If the issue verifiably applies to later versions, please reopen with details and update the version.