Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:05:23 -0400 (EDT) | From | Vladimir Dergachev <> | Subject | Re: Linus is on a powertrip.. |
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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 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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