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Although this commit has been merged, it's still important to know the
specific reason (or even an example) that triggered this change for
everyone here, right?

And those maintainers who have been removed should be notified.

Seconded

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So I repeat - call the decision-makers out and ask for their
explanation.

Seconded. I'm no Linux kernel developer, but as a user, I would still like
to know the reason behind a bunch of maintainers getting erased. I wouldn't
go as far as to claim that I sense malice, but there's definitely something
fishy. I would like a proper, public statement about what happened and why.