Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:12:19 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: [ANN] new mailing list |
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On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > >> Now there's a new list for the discussion of new and > > >> still alpha-quality patches. > > > > > >But this is what linux-kernel is for. > > > > I agree. linux-kernel is the place for discussions of bugs and patches. > > Linux-kernel is the place for discussions of bugs and > patches that are inside the kernel.
s/are inside/relate to/
By it's very nature, the standard Linus kernel doesn't contain "patches".
> There are, however, a whole lot of patches that aren't > ready for integration into the kernel yet. We don't want > those patches discussed on linux-kernel...
I do. We don't necessarily need every little bug report for such a patch, but discussion of its intent, design, and implementation is exactly what linux-kernel is for, in my opinion.
Unofficial patches and test results thereof don't form a significant amount of traffic on linux-kernel and aren't too difficult to find in a big mail folder, if they are especially interesting.
In my opinion, if it's not big enough to need a list all to itself (new fs, big fs/net/vm hacks) then linux-kernel is exactly the place for it. The list might sometimes be hard to cope with, because there is lots of discussion on it, but a lot of the discussion belongs there (and certainly that which doesn't doesn't belong on your lists either).
It's a good list, and it works pretty well. I don't claim any authority (which is why I'm prepared to state my opinions on the matter) but I consider trying to "poach" valid traffic from linux-kernel very antisocial.
Matthew.
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