Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:24:40 -0800 | Subject | Re: [2.4 patch] remove obsolete IrDA list from MAINTAINERS | From | Jean Tourrilhes <> |
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On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:18:09PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Pawel Kot wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > Mail to the list that is in MAINTAINERS bounces and the new mailinglist > > > doesn't accept mail from non-subscribers. Since you can find this new > > > mailinglist at the IrDA web page it's IMHO the best to simply remove the > > > mailing list entry from MAINTAINERS: > >... > > The new mailing list for Linux-IrDA is: irda-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > I wrote in my mail "and the new mailinglist doesn't accept mail from > non-subscribers". This makes a mailing list entry IMHO pretty useless > since I try to Cc a mailing list listed in MAINTAINERS if possible when > sending a patch / bug report in this area. With a mailing list that > accepts only postings from subscribers such a mail bounces back. > > The information how to subscribe to this list is available at the web page > also in this MAINTAINER entry.
Unfortunately, due to SPAM, this is nowadays pretty much customary. I deal on a regular basis with dozen of lists related to Linux-Wireless, and most of them are this way.
> > and the current mainainer is AFAIK Jean Tourrilhes > > (jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com). > > I have no knowledge about who currently maintains IrDA. I did only notice > that an obsolete mailing list was listed in MAINTAINERS. If the > responsible person listed is wrong it should be corrected.
I'll correct that later on. I sent a patch earlier, but it was dropped, so I need to resend it. The situation is more complex because I don't maintain the *full* IrDA stack, and I'll probably add the driver entries.
> cu > Adrian
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