Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Apr 1997 13:41:48 -0600 (CST) | From | Phil Lewis <> | Subject | Re: URGENT: A Plea to the owners of linux.dev.kernel |
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I, personally, would like it very much if the real kernel development could be carried on on linux-kernel. Maybe its the lack of in-depth discussion of kernel internal workings that makes people think we have time to worry about what 1 divided by zero equals.
Maybe its too late already, Idunno.
phil kc5vpj Leading lame-brained Linux lunatic
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis@mindspring.com> > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:42:28 -0500 > > The kernel developers' list has been riddled with off-topic, > inappropriate posts for a while now, and the trend is getting much > worse. This is a very real problem, especially given the > propensity of Linux users and developers never to rebuke an > inappropriate posting, or even when rebuking the poster to offer an > answer to his question, thereby offering absolutely no incentive > for newbies et al. to go to the help groups rather than to the > friggin' kernel developers' list. > > I think it is just as much of a mistake to tell a new user to go blow > even if he posts his legitimate questions here. He will just as soon > stop being a Linux user, primary developers giving acceptance and help > to new users is what Linux is all about. While I do get annoyed when > I am flooded with simplistic questions I still have to sit back and > remember what it is that keeps this project going, and what will > continue to. > > As for the offtopic'ness as of late, the past few days have been > filled with "clueful postings" and in fact your posting here is the > first break in that spell. Touche' > > There really isn't anything that can be "done" about offtopic postings > (as others have pointed out) and segregating the kernel list is not > going to happen at least as long as I run them at vger. So my > response it going to be to setup a procmail filter so you don't have > to look at the crapola threads... > > ---------------------------------------------//// > Yow! 11.26 MB/s remote host TCP bandwidth & //// > 199 usec remote TCP latency over 100Mb/s //// > ethernet. Beat that! //// > -----------------------------------------////__________ o > David S. Miller, davem@caip.rutgers.edu /_____________/ / // /_/ >< >
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