Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: bincancels in linux.kernel | From | Andrew Gierth <> | Date | 05 Dec 2002 00:37:00 +0000 |
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>>>>> "Marco" == Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> writes:
>> [copied to Marco in case he wishes to clarify matters] Marco> (I'm the linux.* gateway operator.)
Marco> I'm not sure if there is a consensus about binaries in linux.* Marco> groups which do not match *.binar*. OTOH last year I added Marco> linux.* to the default cleanfeed configuration linux.* in the Marco> list of groups where binaries are permitted and nobody ever Marco> complained.
did they notice, though?
(I'd suggest linux.binaries.*, if not for the fact that people would probably start posting distribution CDs and apps there.)
Marco> If you want to be sure that the hierarchy is not hijacked by Marco> warez kiddies you can just cancel everything not posted from Marco> /\.bofh\.it$/.
you could have put that in cleanfeed too :-)
Cancelling after-the-fact is always only going to be second best, and the only reason I do it at all is because the alternative is to do nothing and watch the problem get worse.
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