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 * '''Maintained''': maintained, probably only manually tested on the maintainer’s system
 * '''Unmaintained''': no maintainer, might not be on the newest version or broken because of updated dependencies
+The [https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/b5c8314f0ebadb6d8a9789cb2d646cbef8448073/MAINTAINERS#L92 <code>MAINTAINERS</code> file] of the Linux kernel has the following categories:
+<code><pre>
+S: Status, one of the following:
+  Supported:	Someone is actually paid to look after this.
+  Maintained:	Someone actually looks after it.
+  Odd Fixes:	It has a maintainer but they don't have time to do
+  much other than throw the odd patch in. See below..
+  Orphan:	No current maintainer [but maybe you could take the
+  role as you write your new code].
+  Obsolete:	Old code. Something tagged obsolete generally means
+  it has been replaced by a better system and you
+  should be using that.
+</pre></code>
+Especially the “there’s somebody paid to maintain this subsystem” label is an idea we should incorporate.