[RFC] Proposed synchronisation of forge accounts with MAINTAINERS.yml

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Project / Subsystem

gcc / gcc

Date

2026-08-04

Proposer

Claudio Bantaloukas <claudio.bantaloukas@foss.arm.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

Technical tradeoffs

• Automating account synchronization improves accuracy but requires administrative access and a script.
• Adding historical emails enhances attribution completeness but might raise privacy or opt-out concerns.
• Manual updates by users are more privacy-preserving but less efficient and prone to incomplete data.

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project: gcc
subsystem: gcc
patch_id: —
discussion_id: 010c2e55-7f21-4819-8657-f2ad9eccd616@foss.arm.com
source_type: public_inbox
title: [RFC] Proposed synchronisation of forge accounts with MAINTAINERS.yml
headline: Proposed synchronisation of forge accounts with MAINTAINERS.yml
tldr: Script to sync forge accounts with MAINTAINERS.yml and add historical email addresses.
proposer: Claudio Bantaloukas <claudio.bantaloukas@foss.arm.com>
consensus: Proposed
outcome: proposed
sentiment_score: —
technical_tradeoffs: • Automating account synchronization improves accuracy but requires administrative access and a script.
• Adding historical emails enhances attribution completeness but might raise privacy or opt-out concerns.
• Manual updates by users are more privacy-preserving but less efficient and prone to incomplete data.
series_id: —
series_role: standalone
series_parts: []
tags: • gcc
• maintenance
• attribution
• MAINTAINERS.yml
• forge
url: https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/010c2e55-7f21-4819-8657-f2ad9eccd616@foss.arm.com
bugzilla_url: —
date: 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

[RFC] Proposed synchronisation of forge accounts with MAINTAINERS.yml

Claudio Bantaloukas proposes a script to synchronize user accounts on forge.sourceware.org with the MAINTAINERS.yml file. The script aims to ensure proper display of names and association of email addresses, affecting only existing forge accounts. Additionally, it suggests adding approximately 600 historical email addresses to MAINTAINERS.yml under inactive_email entries to improve contribution attribution. Feedback is requested on adding these historical addresses and the overall approach.