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SubjectRe: Linus is on a powertrip..


On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Tim Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 sfrost@ns.snowman.net wrote:
> > The best way to do this that I can think of at the moment would be
> > to have a mailing address where patches are sent that is then converted into
> > a simple web page that lists email address the patch originated, any line
> > that has 'DESC:' at the beginning of it, and a link to either the actual
> > email or just the patch itself.
>
> How about a moderated newsgroup (with several moderators to keep that
> from becoming a bottleneck)? This would make it easy for people to

Not everybody can access newsgroups. On the other hand a moderated
newslist (is there a such thing ??) may be a reasonable idea.

Vladimir Dergachev

> see the patches, easy for people who test them to submit reviews or
> comments or fixes, and the threading and scoring capabilities of
> most good news readers would make it much easier for people to ignore
> those things they are not interested in and follow those they are.
>
> > This email address could also CC: Linus everything it receives so
> > that even if this was not a plausible way for Linus to traditionally receive
> > patches others could use it to see what people have submitted, and perhaps
> > Linus could check it to see if some things didn't make it to him.
>
> A newsgroup would be easier for Linus to check than email.
>
> > This could also promote wider testing of new patches before they hit
> > the mainstream, and in fact digests of the list could be sent out to those
> > that request it.
>
> A newsgroup works great for this.
>
> In fact, considering the volume of this mailing list, I sometimes think it
> too would work better as a moderated newsgroup.
>
> --Tim Smith
>
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