From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753526Ab1JRTT5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:19:57 -0400 Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:57514 "EHLO out5.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752821Ab1JRTT4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:19:56 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: glDNdTWSc1CG1262k2EsQd3l8jxZxBD8sexp+4E08GpL 1318965595 Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:19:46 -0700 From: Greg KH To: David Miller Cc: rientjes@google.com, hch@infradead.org, jwboyer@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update email address for stable patch submission Message-ID: <20111018191946.GA22104@kroah.com> References: <20111018011638.GQ1165@zod.bos.redhat.com> <20111018065852.GA6056@infradead.org> <20111018.151421.864660896119319431.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111018.151421.864660896119319431.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 03:14:21PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: David Rientjes > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:07:38 -0700 (PDT) > > > On Tue, 18 Oct 2011, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > >> > The stable@kernel.org email address has been replaced with the > >> > stable@vger.kernel.org mailing list. Change the stable kernel rules to > >> > reference the new list instead of the semi-defunct email alias. > >> > >> Does this mean it already stopped working? I recently sent pathces > >> there but neither got an ACK nor a bounce or similar. > >> > > > > It was bouncing (and noticably so) as of a week ago but I believe hpa has > > since setup an alias to point to stable@vger.kernel.org. Linus cc'd his > > own commit to it yesterday, a84a79e4d369, so as long as you didn't get a > > bounce email it should have gone through. > > Not true. VGER eats them silently because the forward from > stable@kernel.org contains headers that are commonly found in > looped-back postings which we regexp block at vger. If vger responded > in some way it would just exacerbate any real list loop. > > Warty didn't thing he could fix it easily, so we decided it was most easy > to just go straight to solely using stable@vger.kernel.org and just shut > down stable@kernel.org That's fine with me, and if stable@kernel.org is removed, it's best to see the bounce-back happen, instead of them disappearing quietly. greg k-h