Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: make linux-mediatek list remarks consistent

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 




On Mon, 14 Sep 2020, David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Mon, 2020-09-14 at 16:01 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > > > I am not subscribed to linux-mediatek. When I sent an email to the list,
> > > > it showed up really seconds later in the lore.kernel.org of the
> > > > linux-mediatek public-inbox repository. So, either it was delivered
> > > > quickly as it is not moderated or my check with lore.kernel.org is wrong,
> > > > e.g., mails show up in the lore.kernel.org archive, even they were not
> > > > yet permitted on the actual list.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm the moderator and I get requests to moderate emails. I suppose I added you
> > > to the accepted list because of earlier emails you send.
> > > 
> > 
> > Okay, I see. I did send some clean-up patch in the past, but I completely 
> > forgot that, but my mailbox did not forget. So, now it is clear to me why 
> > that mail showed up so quickly.
> > 
> > Thanks for the explanation.
> 
> AFAICT the linux-mediatek list isn't configured to automatically
> moderate messages from non-subscribers. Its generic_nonmember_action
> setting is 'Accept'. That is the default setting for lists on
> infradead.org and I strongly encourage list maintainers to leave it
> that way.
> 
> Lukas, I don't see your address in the allowlist either.
> 
> There are other reasons why some messages get might trapped for
> moderation — the message size, number of recipients, spam score, etc.
> 
> The mere fact that *some* messages are moderated does not mean that the
> list is "moderated for non-subscribers" in the sense that the
> MAINTAINERS file lists.
>
> > Bjorn, with that confirmation and Reviewed-by from Matthias, could you 
> > please pick this patch?
> 
> I think we should be fixing the ones that *do* say it's moderated for
> non-subscribers, not the one that correctly didn't :)
> 

Well, I am happy to send any PATCH v2. I guess we, you, David, Matthias 
and I, now just need to determine if the list is moderated or not.

I will then adjust MAINTAINERS to the final conclusion.

Lukas

[Index of Archives]     [DMA Engine]     [Linux Coverity]     [Linux USB]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Greybus]

  Powered by Linux