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+# Sample app maintenance log
+
+This table records the last time someone from the Flutter team came did a
+maintenance pass on a particular sample (read through the code, updated it to
+match any new language/SDK features, etc.).
+
+| Sample                    | GH username        | Date Updated   |
+| :------------------------ | -----------------: | -------------: |
+| animations                |                    |                |
+| chrome-os-best-practices  |                    |                |
+| experimental              |                    |                |
+| flutter_maps_firestore    |                    |                |
+| isolate_example           |                    |                |
+| jsonexample               |                    |                |
+| material_studies/shrine   |                    |                |
+| place_tracker             |                    |                |
+| platform_design           |                    |                |
+| platform_view_swift       |                    |                |
+| provider_counter          |                    |                |
+| provider_shopper          |                    |                |
+| veggieseasons             |                    |                |
+| web                       |                    |                |