I was thinking about Matthew D's suggestion at lunch
(of having only subscribers allowed to post to
linux-usb-devel), and I remembered that last year
Linus blasted the isdn4linux (or linux-isdn)
project for having a closed mailing list (along with
submitting mega-patches instead of patches to
add functionality or fix bugs).
Bottom line: It's not cool to have a closed mailing list
for Linux kernel development.
~Randy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Erdfelt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 11:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: [linux-usb] Re: [linux-usb-devel] Q: mailing lists
>
>
> I mostly agree with Matthew on the subject, except for:
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2000, Matthew Dharm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 2. It may confuse linux-usb users and cause cross-posting,
> > > which I would like to avoid.
> >
> > I'd like to avoid users posting to linux-usb-devel. My
> preference would be
> > to make this a list which only subscribed memebers could
> post. And the
> > subscription base would be almost entirely (if not exclusively)
> > developers/maintainers and testers with a clue (i.e. people
> who know that a
> > bug should say more than "it doesn't work").
>
> I'm not sure if sourceforge can let you select who can post and who
> cannot. I really want to make sure people can subscribe and read from
> the list atleast. I find it invaluable to just read the
> discussion going
> on for a particular project.
>
> JE
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