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

Pavel Machek
2023-11-06T22:52:44Z

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Hi!
>
> About 70% of all vger traffic is linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ("LKML"), which
> is explained by the following 2 facts:
>
> 1. There are ~2900 subscribers to that list
> 2. It is added to all patches because it has "F: *" in MAINTAINERS
>
> In the past month alone that list received 33,000 posts, which translates to
> about 3.1 million messages delivered daily. This has pretty critical
> downsides:
>
> - due to the sheer volume of messages, LKML is generally seen as useless for
> holding any actual discussions
> - people tend to subscribe gmail accounts to it and then filter out what they
> don't want
> - due to gmail's quota policies, this generally results in anywhere from 50K to
> 200K messages stuck in the queue all trying to deliver to gmail and being
> deferred with "this account is receiving too much mail"
>
> For this reason, I propose switching the "F: *" entry in MAINTAINERS
> ("THE REST") to patches@lists.linux.dev instead. This list differs from LKML
> in the following important aspects:

How many patches are in "the rest" area? I don't think it is that
many, and I believe those should be broadcasted, as it is not clear
who should handle them. And lkml seems to be reasonable place for them
at the moment.

Best regards,
Pavel
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