On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 10:22:41AM -0500, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 02:03:31PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote: > > > I figured a number of shortcomings about this: I suspect that those > > > most interested in such output are either, a bit like me, not much > > > active on kernel development, or focus on a specific area and mostly > > > want to stay aware of ongoing changes in other areas they're really > > > not familiar with. > > > > I can imagine using this sort of thing for the case where I get to my > > inbox in the morning and there's some enormous thread appeared overnight > > with people arguing and I'm trying to get a handle on what the various > > subthreads are all about. The demo didn't cover exactly that case but > > it looked like it might be able to give some sort of useful steer. > > Another use for this that I could think is a way to summarize digests. > Currently, if you choose a digest subscription, you will receive a single > email with message subjects and all the new messages as individual > attachments. It would be interesting to see if we can send out a "here's > what's new" summary with links to threads instead. Indeed! > The challenge would be to do it in a way that doesn't bankrupt LFIT in the > process. :) That's exactly why it would make sense to invest in one large machine and let it operate locally while "only" paying the power bill. Willy
