From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Hans-J=FCrgen_Koch?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] [374/2many] MAINTAINERS - PCNET32 NETWORK DRIVER Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:11:02 +0200 Message-ID: <200708131511.02733.hjk@linutronix.de> References: <46bffb4c.nrqicrPs7IJXlgQ0%joe@perches.com> <1186987609.10249.22.camel@localhost> <20070813071806.GG21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Joe Perches , David Miller , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, pcnet32@verizon.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org To: Al Viro Return-path: Received: from www.osadl.org ([213.239.205.134]:52872 "EHLO mail.tglx.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031105AbXHMNLH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:11:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070813071806.GG21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Am Montag 13 August 2007 09:18 schrieb Al Viro: > 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... Or make it 3 or 4 or even 40 patches, but not 500. Hans