Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] Merge multiproto tree

[hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@arcor.de>]

Am Montag, den 01.09.2008, 06:08 +0200 schrieb Peter Zijlstra:
> On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 03:08 +0200, hermann pitton wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Am Samstag, den 30.08.2008, 14:40 +0200 schrieb Peter Zijlstra:
> > > [dropped linux-dvb]
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 14:24 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:59 +0400, Manu Abraham wrote:
> > > > > Hello Mauro,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please pull from http://jusst.de/hg/multiproto_api_merge/
> > > > > to merge the following Changesets from the multiproto tree.
> > > 
> > > > > The tree is being pushed out, it might take a little while for the
> > > > > repository to be populated due to the slow connect.
> > > > 
> > > > This must absolutely be the least informative pull request ever!
> > > 
> > > Also, this:
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 14:24 +0200, linux-dvb-owner@linuxtv.org wrote:
> > > > You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has
> > > > been automatically rejected.  If you think that your messages are
> > > > being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at
> > > > linux-dvb-owner@linuxtv.org.
> > > 
> > > Don't do that!
> > > 
> > 
> > I still try to understand it until today too,
> > 
> > but the latter is only a simple notifier, that you are not subscribed
> > and has no further meanings.
> 
> I know full well what that is. However,
> 
> Its rude to cross-post with a subscriber only list. Imagine everybody
> doing it - you'd go mad with these stupid bounces.
> 

Why not going one step further then?

Every in kernel driver should have an open list.

I believe it can avoid a lot of troubles.

People can still decide to go private, but might think twice before
doing so.

Hermann