Re: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:12:41 EST


On 21 Jan 2004, Jes Sorensen wrote:

> Honestly, can a list be considered a contact point at all if you can't
> post to it? If they are so afraid of outside posters, they can setup a
> specific list for bug reporting only thats open or something. IMHO
> allowing closed lists to be listed in the MAINTAINERS file is
> to support the stupidity.

Agreed, we should remove all addresses from MAINTAINERS
where bug reports by email aren't welcome.

--
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

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