David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Zvi Effron <zeffron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 12:28:52 -0500 > >> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 9:19 AM Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Question to people subscribed to xdp-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing >>> list. As you likely have noticed, patches and kbuild-bot is sending >>> XDP related kernel stuff to this mailing list. This is caused by being >>> listed in the kernel MAINTAINERS file[1]. >>> >> >> I cast my vote for both. Having the named newbies channel send many, >> many messages with kernel patches is intimidating to new people (and >> somewhat spammy) which makes it harder to convince my team to sign up >> for the list. At the same time, I've appreciated being able to see >> what's happening on patches as well as questions and discussions. >> >> Would it make sense/be possible to create a mailing list for the >> maintainers file and discussions on patches that is separate from the >> newbies channel? I have to say, the newbies channel is the only newbie >> friendly kernel mailing list I've seen, and it's a big part of why I >> pushed for my company to use XDP over DPDK. > > The bpf and netdev lists act as incubators for XDP discussion, so I don't > know if it's worth making an xdp-devel or something like that. I'd worry that it would fragment the discussion too much? -Toke
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