From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
Ian.Campbell@citrix.com, florian@mickler.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add support for moderated lists
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:02:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120229160254.eda62e01.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F4E8555.5040002@nod.at>
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:06:45 +0100
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote:
> Am 29.02.2012 20:58, schrieb Joe Perches:
> > <shrug> From my perspective, it's correct and simple.
> >
> > Moderated lists just means your email may get delayed
> > and you may get a "delayed due to moderation" email.
>
> Most moderated lists are "moderated" by nobody and the patch
> goes to /dev/null.
That's a big problem - we don't want people to send their fixes and bug
reports into black holes.
So yes, I think that teaching get_maintainer to emit black hole
warnings is a good idea.
Problem is, I don't think the string "moderated" explains the situation
very well for the uninitiated :(
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-01 0:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-29 19:49 [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add support for moderated lists Richard Weinberger
2012-02-29 19:58 ` Joe Perches
2012-02-29 20:06 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-02-29 20:16 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-01 0:02 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2012-03-01 0:27 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-03-01 1:17 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-02 15:02 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-03-02 21:18 ` Jonas Bonn
2012-03-02 17:13 ` Joe Perches
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