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From: mnm.kernel@gmail.com (Manavendra Nath Manav)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: list etiquette
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 15:28:50 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJKgH8AzgSL3bLDUsOVK_-xcCPDA8JkXAmwefer-Uow9vjgcrw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJnfX5u40-EHhWaL7ahf1jfAmQ6V2Rbef-nr4EGmNZ9d6qGiJA@mail.gmail.com>

I think you should focus more on kernel development/discussion rather
than saying thank you's. Etiquette wise it's perfectly okay.

On 6/11/16, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar <chambilkethakur@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think greg or any senior kernel developer would like to get
> personal mail, which are officially the list/community business.
> Skipping thank you mails is really okay. you can always thank them in
> advance is a good idea.
>
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Tobin Harding <me@tobin.cc> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 12:03:57PM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>> >
>> > me at tobin.cc wrote:
>> >
>> > > LKML list etiquette question.  When asking a [simple] question that
>> > > receives an suitable answer is it correct etiquette to reply with a
>> > > thank you email or is this just adding noise to the list?
>> >
>> > (Probably obvious, but you can always reply with a "thank you",
>> > sent directly to the people who answered rather than to the list.)
>>
>> I had got the vibe that it was unacceptable to mail people directly and
>> not cc
>> the list. Is this response correct that there are times it is acceptable
>> to
>> exclude the list. GregKH has had to nudge me twice for doing this so I am
>> very
>> hesitant to write any emails that are not in the clear (cc'ing a list).
>>
>> Tobin
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Thank you
> Warm Regards
> Anuz
>


-- 
Manavendra Nath Manav

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-12  9:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-06  8:53 list etiquette Tobin Harding
2016-06-06  8:56 ` Robert P. J. Day
2016-06-06 14:56 ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
2016-06-07 16:03 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2016-06-11 10:47   ` Tobin Harding
2016-06-11 11:42     ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
2016-06-12  9:58       ` Manavendra Nath Manav [this message]
2016-06-07 17:40 ` mhornung.linux at gmail.com
2016-06-07 18:17   ` Carlo Caione

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