Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:24:06 +0100 | From | Jon K Hellan <> | Subject | Re: linux-kernel's extremely slow turnaround time |
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On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 06:16:39 -0800 David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com) wrote
> A little known fact that caused the recent problems is that the > subscription list to linux-kernel tripled in size around the time when > Linus started doing 2.2.0 pre-releases and the masses started to > notice.
I'd like to add to the overload:-)
As a stopgap, respond to subscription requests by pointing at a couple of archives, and tell the requester to ask again if he really needs to subscribe.
(Obviously, we have to make sure that the second request doesn't trigger another "do you really need this" response.)
Jon
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