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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.29.5
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:14:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090616051415.GA30708@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200906160733.57322.a1426z@gawab.com>

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:33:57AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
> > > It may be a good idea to also allow pulling patches over email.
> >
> > I'm confused as to why you would want this.  kernel.org is mirrored all
> > around the world, so the tree can be found through ftp and http
> > everywhere.
> 
> Sometimes the only ports open are 110 and 25.

That would not sound like an environment in which kernel development can
happen very easily.

> > > Majordomo has such a facility via the "index" and "get" commands.
> >
> > Majordomo is not used here for email delivery.
> 
> Strange, vger.kernel.org sends via majordomo.

For subscribing to lists only, not for email delivery.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-16  5:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-15 20:03 Linux 2.6.29.5 Greg KH
2009-06-15 20:03 ` Greg KH
2009-06-16  3:48 ` Al Boldi
2009-06-16  3:56   ` Greg KH
2009-06-16  4:33     ` Al Boldi
2009-06-16  5:14       ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-06-16 15:02         ` Al Boldi

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