From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk>
To: "Marco d'Itri" <md@linux.it>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bincancels in linux.kernel
Date: 05 Dec 2002 00:37:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fztd9u8j.fsf@erlenstar.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: "Marco d'Itri"'s message of "Tue, 3 Dec 2002 14:12:15 +0100"
>>>>> "Marco" == Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> writes:
>> [copied to Marco in case he wishes to clarify matters]
Marco> (I'm the linux.* gateway operator.)
Marco> I'm not sure if there is a consensus about binaries in linux.*
Marco> groups which do not match *.binar*. OTOH last year I added
Marco> linux.* to the default cleanfeed configuration linux.* in the
Marco> list of groups where binaries are permitted and nobody ever
Marco> complained.
did they notice, though?
(I'd suggest linux.binaries.*, if not for the fact that people would
probably start posting distribution CDs and apps there.)
Marco> If you want to be sure that the hierarchy is not hijacked by
Marco> warez kiddies you can just cancel everything not posted from
Marco> /\.bofh\.it$/.
you could have put that in cleanfeed too :-)
Cancelling after-the-fact is always only going to be second best, and
the only reason I do it at all is because the alternative is to do
nothing and watch the problem get worse.
--
Andrew.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-05 0:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-02 22:18 Erik Hensema
2002-12-02 22:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-12-02 22:39 ` Larry McVoy
2002-12-03 0:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-12-03 1:49 ` Andrew Gierth
2002-12-03 3:49 ` Rene Herman
2002-12-03 13:12 ` Marco d'Itri
2002-12-05 0:37 ` Andrew Gierth [this message]
2002-12-05 0:44 ` Marco d'Itri
2002-12-04 2:21 ` David Schwartz
2002-12-04 4:52 ` Andrew Gierth
2002-12-04 5:10 ` David Schwartz
[not found] <fa.fv5l6nv.1am209b@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.jsbpciv.t2snp4@ifi.uio.no>
2002-12-03 4:10 ` Russ Allbery
2002-12-03 13:19 ` bill davidsen
[not found] ` <fa.eas3r1v.k3isq5@ifi.uio.no>
2002-12-03 8:25 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-12-03 10:18 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
[not found] <fa.d6sj37v.97gj3h@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.frmc8vv.pkcm2i@ifi.uio.no>
2002-12-04 3:50 ` Russ Allbery
2002-12-05 1:02 Adam J. Richter
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