From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758040Ab2CABR3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:17:29 -0500 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:37517 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752184Ab2CABR2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:17:28 -0500 Message-ID: <1330564646.23314.23.camel@joe2Laptop> Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add support for moderated lists From: Joe Perches To: Andrew Morton Cc: Richard Weinberger , Ian.Campbell@citrix.com, florian@mickler.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:17:26 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20120229160254.eda62e01.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <1330544962-995-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <1330545526.22465.5.camel@joe2Laptop> <4F4E8555.5040002@nod.at> <20120229160254.eda62e01.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 16:02 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:06:45 +0100 > Richard Weinberger wrote: > > > Am 29.02.2012 20:58, schrieb Joe Perches: > > > From my perspective, it's correct and simple. > > > > > > Moderated lists just means your email may get delayed > > > and you may get a "delayed due to moderation" email. > > > > Most moderated lists are "moderated" by nobody and the patch > > goes to /dev/null. > > That's a big problem - we don't want people to send their fixes and bug > reports into black holes. > > So yes, I think that teaching get_maintainer to emit black hole > warnings is a good idea. > > Problem is, I don't think the string "moderated" explains the situation > very well for the uninitiated :( It's also false. Most moderated lists in MAINTAINERS (and I've probably send patches to most of them) are in fact moderated. My patches generally show up in their list archives.