From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: walter harms Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:47:38 +0000 Subject: Re: your mail Message-Id: <5080249A.5090000@bfs.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Am 18.10.2012 15:17, schrieb Nicolas Palix: > Hi, > > >> But I do think we should maybe find another list for Fengguang's >> emails? It's sort of a lot higher traffic than before and sort of a >> different flavour. >> >> I still will want to subscribe to the emails, but it would be better >> to use a different list. Apparently Dave Miller didn't like the >> idea of creating a special list for it because he didn't like the >> emails in the first place. But now I think everyone likes them a >> lot. It might be worth asking again. > > I agreed in the first place but kernel-janitors is also a great place > for newcomers. > Having those reports accessible could be great for them. Also, it is not > that different than the janitorial work done before. The main difference I see > is that there is no fixing patches associated to the reports. But the problems > addressed are almost the same, and they are found with the same tools. > > Does it worth a new list ? > > Maybe the set of branches tested need to be further refined to lower > the false positives. > Finally, we may hope developers will test their patches before releasing them. > > Is there any mean for them to apply the tests before pushing ? > > If a new list is created, please let us know how to subscribe to it on this one. > > Regards. > I support the idea of a new list. The reports are mostly nothing that what the janitors can review. Fengguang is important but cleary targeted to developers in ongoing projects. Janitors care more about the state of the current kernel. just my two cents, wh