Hey there, > On Sep 29, 2022, at 11:31 AM, Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 02:22:10PM +0000, Artem S. Tashkinov wrote: >> * Delete all the components. >> * Leave a catch-all one. >> * Let bug reports rot because no one will ever see them. Almost just >> like now. Don't remind me of mailing lists. > > This is my proposal, except also: > > 1. post all new bugs and comments to a public-inbox feed that people can query > via lore.kernel.org and tooling like lei. Honestly, giving it a lot more thought, this is a brilliant idea. > >> Mailing lists will not work for such a huge project. Period. In the >> early 90s they worked, but we are 25 years later with millions more >> users. With a ton more of a ton more complicated hardware. > > We've recognized this a while ago, which is why our efforts have been targeted > at query-based message feeds. Hence, tools like lore.kernel.org and lei. It's > a work in progress, for sure, but it doesn't require any "everyone must switch > workflows today" kind of coordination, and avoids introducing single points of > failure by making it easy to replicate everything to mirrored systems. My parents taught me growing up that you can only ever _improve_: you can never be perfect. Needless to say, it’s worth a shot. Best, -srw
