From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, pcnet32@verizon.net,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [374/2many] MAINTAINERS - PCNET32 NETWORK DRIVER
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:18:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070813071806.GG21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1186987609.10249.22.camel@localhost>
On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:46:49PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 23:36 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > Ok, 374 patches is just rediculious.
> >
> > So many patches eats up an enormous amount of mailing list resources,
> > and for these patches in particular there are few reasons to split
> > them up at all. The fact that the split up landed you at 300+ patches
> > is a very good indication of that.
>
> More than ridiculous. Completely agree.
>
> I tried to send 1 patch over the last couple of days.
> Unfortunately, it's > 100KB and disappears into the void.
So put it on anonftp/webpage/git tree and post the URI, damnit.
Of all ridiculous reasons for a mailbomb...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-13 7:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-13 6:33 [PATCH] [374/2many] MAINTAINERS - PCNET32 NETWORK DRIVER joe
2007-08-13 6:36 ` David Miller
2007-08-13 6:46 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-13 7:18 ` Al Viro [this message]
2007-08-13 13:11 ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
2007-08-13 7:18 ` David Miller
2007-08-13 7:22 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-13 12:08 ` Jiri Kosina
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