Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 2 Oct 1998 16:40:57 -0400 (EDT) | | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | | Subject | [OFF-TOPIC] Re: 2.1.123 and fbcon.c |
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On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Shawn Leas wrote:
>> > > Yet I had to resubmit the patch and the explanation at least >> > > *THREE* times, over the course of 2-3 weeks, before I finally got a >> > > response out of you. And this was for a utterly uncontroversial patch! >> > >> > Note that if some person cannot be bothered to re-submit, I don't WANT the >> > patch. Anybody who is not willing to take that much care of his patches >> > that he can't maintain it while I haven't accepted it, I don't want to >> > accept patches from anyway. >> >> Linus, the problem is that when I submit a patch, I don't want to >> unneccesarily overload you by resubmitting on too short a notice. >> >> So I wait, and wait. Nothing happens. >> >> If you publish a Linus-manual and tell us after what time we should >> resubmit, things should be a lot more workable. > >If we get Linus using procmail I think we can solve at least >a little of the dilema... ;]
When I found out that Linus does not use procmail, I just about fainted! I am on about 16 mailing lists, and I don't know how I could handle it if my mail wasn't auto sorted into a folder for each mailing list. I've got a folder "FRIENDS" which is one of the first filters that gets executed, it grabs all mails from certain people that I treat as "important". All mail not filtered into a mailing list folder, and not into FRIENDS, goes into my main inbox. I also have a DUPLICATE filter which saves tonnes of work, and a JUNK filter which eliminates various crap that I never want to see, as well as implementing a killfile for idiot mail.
How can someone like Linus do this much mail, get any work done, maintain Linux, *and* maintain his own sanity, without using procmail?
True God status applies I suppose. ;o)
Linus, what do you use for a mail reader? hexdump? ;o)
Hehehhe.
Well, keep up the good work everyone, and to quote you-know-who...
"Why can't we all just get along!" ;o)
Take care! TTYL
-- Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocate
Linux software galore: http://freshmeat.net
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