From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ed1-f66.google.com ([209.85.208.66]:37811 "EHLO mail-ed1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730630AbfGHVi0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jul 2019 17:38:26 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f66.google.com with SMTP id w13so15854754eds.4 for ; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:38:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Toke =?utf-8?Q?H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= Subject: Re: Should we remove xdp-newbies from kernel patch CC-list? In-Reply-To: <20190708.143147.1283579050790858840.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20190704161900.43cec3a7@carbon> <20190708.143147.1283579050790858840.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:38:23 +0200 Message-ID: <87wogsxl4g.fsf@toke.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: xdp-newbies-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: David Miller , zeffron@riotgames.com Cc: brouer@redhat.com, xdp-newbies@vger.kernel.org David Miller writes: > From: Zvi Effron > Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 12:28:52 -0500 > >> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 9:19 AM Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: >>> >>> >>> Question to people subscribed to xdp-newbies@vger.kernel.org mailing >>> list. As you likely have noticed, patches and kbuild-bot is sending >>> XDP related kernel stuff to this mailing list. This is caused by being >>> listed in the kernel MAINTAINERS file[1]. >>> >> >> I cast my vote for both. Having the named newbies channel send many, >> many messages with kernel patches is intimidating to new people (and >> somewhat spammy) which makes it harder to convince my team to sign up >> for the list. At the same time, I've appreciated being able to see >> what's happening on patches as well as questions and discussions. >> >> Would it make sense/be possible to create a mailing list for the >> maintainers file and discussions on patches that is separate from the >> newbies channel? I have to say, the newbies channel is the only newbie >> friendly kernel mailing list I've seen, and it's a big part of why I >> pushed for my company to use XDP over DPDK. > > The bpf and netdev lists act as incubators for XDP discussion, so I don't > know if it's worth making an xdp-devel or something like that. I'd worry that it would fragment the discussion too much? -Toke