[Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Reviewing new API/ABI

Randy Dunlap rdunlap at infradead.org
Thu May 8 18:15:51 UTC 2014


On 05/06/2014 12:57 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> In olden times we used to have LKML for this sorts of discussion.  Last
> year we decided that LKML was officially useless in terms of anyone
> reading it.  We decided we would re-use the kernel-summit list for this
> kind of API discussion.

That seems weird to me since I had never heard about that quirk^W information.
I wouldn't expect ksummit-discuss to be used for API discussions.

> The problem with LKML is that everyone CCs it for everything.  The rule
> for the new list was going to be that you couldn't cross post or CC any
> other list for the discussion.
> 
> In the end the list never got off the ground.
> 
> Part of the reason it failed is that no one is going to CC there own
> patches to the list for extra scrutiny.  Why ask for punishment?


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~Randy


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