Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:42:04 -0600 | From | Alan McLean <> | Subject | linux-kernel-bugs? |
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On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 04:08:33PM -0500, Justin Hahn wrote: > Shawn Carruthers [24 Feb 1999 @ 01:55 +0000 GMT]: > > > > Make it an automatically moderated newsgroup. Only subscribers to > > linux-kernel can post. > > > > This can be done automatically: posts get forwarded to the moderator which > > is a bot which checks the posting host against the list of subscribers. > > > > Quite a few newsgroups run like this. > > Problem with that is non-list members can't send bug-reports in that > instance, which is the way a lot of people send reports. We can't > expect everyone who needs to send a bug report to join the list. If we > did we'd lose a fair proportion of bug reports.
I know some have expressed a fear of too much list diversification, but maybe this would actually be a good case for another list.
Say linux-kernel-bugs or kernel-bugs or whatever, and make l-k moderated and the bug-list unmoderated. Then get the word out about the new list and its purpose ( /., lwn, lhq, etc, should do it :)
Of course, many would have to subscribe to another list, but in _theory_ with l-k being moderated to subscribers this might reduce l-k traffic enough to make it worthwhile?
Or is this pointless, as it would trim too much useful content along with the fat? I guess it depends on what the developers feel the purpose(s) of this list are. Obviously, bug reports are very useful, but do a large percentage come from non-subscribers?
One concern I guess is that some may be more cautious to send mail to l-k than they would to send to a dedicated bug list, even if it was named kernel-bugs. So, it could still swamp the developers on the bug-list with some unrelated stuff.
Just a thought.
-amcl
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