ftp welcome message in 2.4 ftp directory?

ftp welcome message in 2.4 ftp directory?

[Clemens Schwaighofer]

Hi!

Wouldn't it be smart to but a welcome message into the FTP directory of the 
2.4 kernel that gives hints what problems there are with the latest kernel 
(loop problem in .14, etc ...) and what patches are there to apply for 
fixing it.

I think this would help a lot of people who are not reading this mailing 
list and would save the mailing list of a lot of repeating mails (think of 
the loop problem).

I think this would be a good step forward.

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Re: ftp welcome message in 2.4 ftp directory?

[Mohammad A. Haque]

On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 04:43 , Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Wouldn't it be smart to but a welcome message into the FTP directory of 
> the 2.4 kernel that gives hints what problems there are with the latest 
> kernel (loop problem in .14, etc ...) and what patches are there to 
> apply for fixing it.
>
> I think this would help a lot of people who are not reading this 
> mailing list and would save the mailing list of a lot of repeating 
> mails (think of the loop problem).

And for those who don't bothering reading the little bit if message that 
scrolls across their screens when they log in?

Point being, we could go on and on about trying to warn people. The 
emails will still come.

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Re: ftp welcome message in 2.4 ftp directory?

[David Relson]

At 05:20 AM 11/26/01, you wrote:

>And for those who don't bothering reading the little bit if message that 
>scrolls across their screens when they log in?
>
>Point being, we could go on and on about trying to warn people. The emails 
>will still come.

And the response would be "See the Welcome Message in the FTP directory" or 
"See the notice on the home page" (assuming the suggestion of having a 
hotlink on www.kernel.org point to a "necessary patch" page).

Yes, the emails will still come, but after a while people will catch on and 
the quantity of such emails will lessen.

David