Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:03:07 +0400 | From | "Alexey Zaytsev" <> | Subject | Re: Time to forbid non-subscribers from posting to the list? |
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On 08 Aug 2006 07:55:33 -0400, Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> wrote: > >>>>> "Alexey" == Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com> writes: > > Alexey> On 08 Aug 2006 13:23:50 +0200, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote: > >> You would make bug reports impossible from normal people who don't > >> want to subscribe fully. It would totally wreck the development > >> model. > Alexey> If they don't want to subscribe, they can just report to the > Alexey> list as usual, theyr mail will be only slightly delayed > Alexey> because of moderation. We could even use some sort of white > Alexey> lists, if a user's mail was once approved, all his further > Alexey> mail will be accepthed without moderation. > > At 400-500 mails per day, who is going to handle the moderation? Sure > only a portion would be held back, but there's plenty other work to do > and we want fast turnaround for user bug reports, so if a user is > asked a question he/she can respond quickly with more details.
I'm sure not all the 500 mails are from non-subscribers, and, as I told, we could split the traffic between a large number of moderators.
> > Moderation is a bad idea, right up there with C++ kernel modules, and > splitting the source code into smaller tarballs. For some reason they > all seem to get proposed again and again on a semi regular basis. If > people would just read the archives.....
Ok, if this idea was discussed repeatedly, I'll giveup.
> > Just install a proper spam filter like everyone else. > > Jes > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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