From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=216.40.44.15 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1792514392; b=PQtBNLb6OSz0ksEOk+Pfw+qOR8ENMb2v0Q9abVNxuQ0M891jErDqrSxzdZVPQyS42mgH 2UXxdBNGtblmTABF3m0X+gapPCQAFl/hch3q2RhPg5e0n+Qr4aqioOUDgaH0RXWJ7cYde e0wsIZVFSnlFWfNbRvS/KljUmcdULyjE+cL4EBLZ0MnEXkixut+kNpQE+cWThXXdWZrtV 5UYfAcWlbGb/HTPZ6G7072AZpaoDjPbCbl3jlmed3uYHUm7kew0TNMprDhu5PSycXlTpe EOfqNed/63l8UahTdfTCcDhmqkKn81f7iTcpbXVuTFsfml0RLOf3WPEpX0NWkildOtA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1792514392; h=DMARC-Filter:Received:Received:MIME-Version:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject: In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID:X-Sender:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Rspamd-Server:X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: X-Stat-Signature:X-Spam-Status:X-Session-Marker:X-Session-ID:X-HE-Tag: X-HE-Meta; bh=I7aSeZRqOiGs9qoglPINA7QOH72KGaCp+aP5x2nuYoY=; b=gU93NWWYmUaMKC+oebrZZOypedz/jQJMrWtw/D+f8jlUvvLGKJcbcnZSK4ieX9vxY67K QgWiLgbFxQDUy+G/zqupEu9vg5ic3xVA0J8InmTLsPuegLENkMJGirRvyDWH4RSp3pCoY dhBpByaW4zwAS0H5Xpr4wiCkQjGk3TV+14mSViaRESvxFGhGhS4ajmUqI90cWNSbJmoFE cSJwobAjsWuykMjsNYGz+X8N/XDFeFIp0wjavjSPAb1yn7bmAZ/IJGvu4YMapRfaRiHf6 I0etTmBqcCIL3k49vWvO1QX/0I1JfYmW6NU+YqHivi0I9SrDMj5ntCdNssBlBEA25sg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none header.from=perches.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=perches.com; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=216.40.44.15 Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0015.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.15]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C172606A319; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:39:52 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org 7C172606A319 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=perches.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=perches.com Received: from omf17.hostedemail.com (lb01a-stub [10.200.18.249]) by unirelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD2C1A02D1; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf17.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3647B19; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:39:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:39:46 -0700 From: Joe Perches To: Konstantin Ryabitsev Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, users@kernel.org, Federico Vaga , Akira Yokosawa , Carlos Bilbao , Avadhut Naik , Alex Shi , Yanteng Si , Dongliang Mu , Chen-Yu Yeh , Weijie Yuan , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback In-Reply-To: <20261020-witty-proud-coot-89ecd3@lemur> References: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-0-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-1-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> <88c5be32a371b5d73561a82a63426485@perches.com> <20261020-witty-proud-coot-89ecd3@lemur> Message-ID: <23b3cedc62f21179d9374661dc3dad06@perches.com> X-Sender: joe@perches.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout02 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 3647B19 X-Stat-Signature: bmicfdtck94poreneq9eozgbc1wduj8a X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX19U2qCaQ3m5sLaZ6wrwOtFUa+s8RXzYRP4= X-HE-Tag: 1792514387-945908 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX1+wEJwEUewYAn/f2TZ10Q+veOBpJRxu45b5v2UbCK/oAW1gjsc7bEcUU4ErdVMB9CZijuRZSyv/NKS5xH8MWy3DMDToMjZ6RtaH/5MTuN3PbqO1dHpkEk9UYQgsygwElmhrmxw5C3ACOk3INDpetCcBFLe/fB2X16ZKF3omUUlSpwCP7igJX3HEmz0hn52HlywH5D7h97NJP4zf/rbQGid4RXhFFk1IdqbOYn3jAiSO7bynFg2qLmBYwztRChTuWJJdfrLq8LEOtl/GdUjYyuSpvtPa06p4csZRlPYO6uB3VpmaNYjMxS61Z9Bx0pagdJYa2hR8nMmCOw== On 2026-10-20 08:52, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 08:47:01AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: >> > Only add THE REST for a file when no other matching section provides a >> > mailing list that get_maintainer.pl would actually output. Lists marked >> > "subscribers-only" are omitted unless --s is given, and lists marked >> > "moderated" are omitted with --no-moderated, so such lists don't count >> > as a destination in those cases. Files that match no section, or only >> > sections without such a list, still fall back to THE REST, so every >> > patch keeps reaching at least one known-public mailing list. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev >> > --- >> >> I don't disagree that this is useful but v2: no changelog >> >> Perhaps there's a simpler and more generic mechanism. I'll play with >> it for >> a couple days. > > It's like to convey the sense of urgency -- with the amount of patches, > automated reviews, and follow-ups being sent daily, having all of them > land on > LKML and delivered to 2000+ subscribers... is not sustainable. At this > point, > I'm very close to outright banning subscriptions from gmail, outlook > and yahoo > addresses. Not sending every single patch to the LKML is a better way > to deal > with this. No worries. Apply it and I might deal with later.