Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932088AbWHHMDK (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 08:03:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932118AbWHHMDK (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 08:03:10 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]:17601 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932088AbWHHMDJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 08:03:09 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TYvm9+NtzluHuctNr1jEWJ5TSaMBy+6g1JH1yz66S+DYn2kwA0mis/fSMIVIVxj/IzG2Vpw1TF9Vuv3Pn4K1UGtQiJKdopY8xCzIVZ4dbffm4snYS1LiGz4l13E4lQqtb5SG1896KnOfW0glYXtwFLR/2WbKuoodRbNl3gkxxNw= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:03:07 +0400 From: "Alexey Zaytsev" To: "Jes Sorensen" Subject: Re: Time to forbid non-subscribers from posting to the list? Cc: "Andi Kleen" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1742 Lines: 40 On 08 Aug 2006 07:55:33 -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > >>>>> "Alexey" == Alexey Zaytsev writes: > > Alexey> On 08 Aug 2006 13:23:50 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > >> You would make bug reports impossible from normal people who don't > >> want to subscribe fully. It would totally wreck the development > >> model. > Alexey> If they don't want to subscribe, they can just report to the > Alexey> list as usual, theyr mail will be only slightly delayed > Alexey> because of moderation. We could even use some sort of white > Alexey> lists, if a user's mail was once approved, all his further > Alexey> mail will be accepthed without moderation. > > At 400-500 mails per day, who is going to handle the moderation? Sure > only a portion would be held back, but there's plenty other work to do > and we want fast turnaround for user bug reports, so if a user is > asked a question he/she can respond quickly with more details. I'm sure not all the 500 mails are from non-subscribers, and, as I told, we could split the traffic between a large number of moderators. > > Moderation is a bad idea, right up there with C++ kernel modules, and > splitting the source code into smaller tarballs. For some reason they > all seem to get proposed again and again on a semi regular basis. If > people would just read the archives..... Ok, if this idea was discussed repeatedly, I'll giveup. > > Just install a proper spam filter like everyone else. > > Jes > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/