From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:15:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040121211550.GK9327@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1074717499.18964.9.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:38:19PM -0700, Zan Lynx wrote:
> Compared to the time required to write up a good bug report or patch,
> what's the problem with the couple minutes needed to subscribe,
> authorize and _then_ post to the list?
Closed lists are just *rude*. The only intention is to stop spam,
but personally, I find hoop-jumping like this *more* of an inconvenience
than spam, (and I get a *lot* of spam, several megs a day on a quiet day)
Some maintainers get *really pissed off* when you short-circuit them
and send fixes to Linus directly. But if I'm forced to jump through hoops
each time I fix up random parts of the kernel, I'm going to be equally
as rude as I consider they are by doing the best they can to inconvenience
people with good intentions, and mail them straight to Linus/Andrew/Marcelo.
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-21 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <ecartis-01212004203954.14209.1@mail.convergence2.de>
2004-01-21 19:43 ` List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts Dave Jones
2004-01-21 19:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-01-21 19:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-21 19:56 ` Dave Jones
2004-01-21 20:12 ` John Bradford
2004-01-21 21:44 ` Jes Sorensen
2004-01-22 5:11 ` Rik van Riel
2004-01-21 20:38 ` Zan Lynx
2004-01-21 20:57 ` Charles Cazabon
2004-01-21 21:57 ` Diego Calleja
2004-01-21 21:15 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2004-01-21 21:29 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-01-21 21:30 ` [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: " Mike Fedyk
2004-01-21 22:50 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-01-21 23:01 ` Wakko Warner
2004-01-22 6:51 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-01-22 14:31 ` Wakko Warner
2004-01-21 23:40 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2004-01-22 0:26 ` Zan Lynx
2004-01-22 5:14 ` Rik van Riel
2004-01-22 13:24 ` Jes Sorensen
2004-01-22 16:56 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 17:01 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-01-22 17:10 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 17:35 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-01-22 18:18 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2004-01-22 17:11 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2004-01-22 17:30 ` viro
2004-01-22 17:34 ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2004-01-22 17:41 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 18:20 ` Brian Beattie
2004-01-23 7:41 ` Willy Tarreau
2004-01-23 9:24 ` Paul Jakma
2004-01-22 18:35 ` David Lang
2004-01-22 18:49 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 22:18 ` jw schultz
2004-01-22 22:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-22 23:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-23 6:49 ` David S. Miller
2004-01-23 15:38 ` Chris Ricker
2004-01-23 9:25 ` Paul Jakma
2004-01-23 19:38 ` Pavel Machek
2004-01-22 22:43 ` Scott Laird
2004-01-24 20:14 ` Kevin O'Connor
2004-01-24 21:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-24 23:25 ` Kevin O'Connor
[not found] ` <1hDmg-4AP-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-01-24 23:59 ` Russ Allbery
2004-01-22 22:15 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-01-23 8:43 ` Jes Sorensen
2004-01-26 22:58 ` Max Valdez
2004-01-23 9:17 ` Paul Jakma
2004-01-22 5:13 ` Rik van Riel
2004-01-21 23:08 ` Russell King
2004-01-22 13:28 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-01-21 22:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-21 23:01 ` Marcus Metzler
2004-01-22 14:14 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2004-01-22 15:14 ` Marcus Metzler
2004-01-22 15:31 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2004-01-21 23:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-01-22 15:15 ` Michael Hunold
2004-01-22 15:18 ` Dave Jones
2004-01-21 20:08 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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