RE: RFC: switching "THE REST" in MAINTAINERS away from linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Bird, Tim
2023-11-08T20:56:24Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
> For this reason, I propose switching the "F: *" entry in MAINTAINERS
> ("THE REST") to patches@lists.linux.dev instead.
...

> This should improve the situation as follows:
>
> - reduce the traffic seen on LKML to more reasonable volumes
> - eventually get things to the point where sending something to
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org will be a reasonable action and not just
> screaming into the void (spitting into hurricane-force gale?)
> - unclog the outgoing queues and speed up mail delivery for everyone
>
> Please let me know your thoughts. I will also be happy to discuss this at the
> upcoming kernel/maintainer summit.

The way I use LKML is to shove it to gmail (as many do), and then on the very
rare occasion when I see an item I want to respond to (that's copied both
to LKML and some other list I'm not subscribed to), I have an email in
my gmail folder I can respond to.

Is there a way to use b4, lei, lore, etc. for responding to mail on a list one is
not subscribed to?

I'll admit this is an extremely rare event, and it requires I periodically purge
my gmail LKML folder, so an alternate mechanism for this would be great.
-- Tim