Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759825AbZFPPWd (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:22:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757798AbZFPPW0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:22:26 -0400 Received: from mailhost19.gawab.com ([66.220.20.19]:50942 "HELO info33.gawab.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757768AbZFPPWZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:22:25 -0400 X-Trusted: Whitelisted From: Al Boldi To: Greg KH Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.29.5 Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:02:43 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , torvalds@linux-foundation.org References: <20090615200304.GA2003@kroah.com> <200906160733.57322.a1426z@gawab.com> <20090616051415.GA30708@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20090616051415.GA30708@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200906161802.43349.a1426z@gawab.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1233 Lines: 37 Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:33:57AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > > > > It may be a good idea to also allow pulling patches over email. > > > > > > I'm confused as to why you would want this. kernel.org is mirrored all > > > around the world, so the tree can be found through ftp and http > > > everywhere. > > > > Sometimes the only ports open are 110 and 25. > > That would not sound like an environment in which kernel development can > happen very easily. > > > > > Majordomo has such a facility via the "index" and "get" commands. > > > > > > Majordomo is not used here for email delivery. > > > > Strange, vger.kernel.org sends via majordomo. > > For subscribing to lists only, not for email delivery. Right, so the infrastructure is in place to support pulling patches via email by simply sending the line "get linux-kernel patch-2.6.29.5.bz2" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. All that is needed now is to populate those dirs. Thanks! -- Al -- 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/