From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757545Ab2CAADE (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:03:04 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:39253 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756409Ab2CAADB (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:03:01 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:02:54 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Richard Weinberger Cc: Joe Perches , Ian.Campbell@citrix.com, florian@mickler.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add support for moderated lists Message-Id: <20120229160254.eda62e01.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <4F4E8555.5040002@nod.at> References: <1330544962-995-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <1330545526.22465.5.camel@joe2Laptop> <4F4E8555.5040002@nod.at> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:06:45 +0100 Richard Weinberger wrote: > Am 29.02.2012 20:58, schrieb Joe Perches: > > From my perspective, it's correct and simple. > > > > Moderated lists just means your email may get delayed > > and you may get a "delayed due to moderation" email. > > Most moderated lists are "moderated" by nobody and the patch > goes to /dev/null. That's a big problem - we don't want people to send their fixes and bug reports into black holes. So yes, I think that teaching get_maintainer to emit black hole warnings is a good idea. Problem is, I don't think the string "moderated" explains the situation very well for the uninitiated :(