Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 28 May 1996 22:11:37 -0400 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: majordomo problems? |
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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 23:19:45 +0100 (BST)
Because then we would have to create some new mail lists that were not full of junk cros posts and flame wars. Linux-kernel has got to the point where the serious work is being done in secret little mailing lists, let alone the state of usenet.
Indeed. If you think the flame wars on linux-kernel are bad, you should take a look at comp.os.linux.development.system. I just caught up on three months of c.o.l.d.s on my way back from Berlin, and most of it was complete drivel, even more worthless that the Linux-kernel list has gotten.
The problem is short of forming secret mailing lists, there's no way to keep the idiots from posting. This is unfortunate, given Linux's previous open heritage, but we have to get the work done somehow.
(I apologize for my contributing to the CONFIG_RANDOM flamage. I am trying very hard not to reply to most of the messages on the thread. This is very difficult, especially for the ones with grossly inaccurate factoids.)
- Ted
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