Re: linux-usb-devel@vger created...

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Nov 19 2007 - 21:21:34 EST


On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 04:17:55PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:54:55 -0800
>
> > Woah, the linux-usb-devel@xxxxxx list is NOT a subscriber-only list at
> > all. It's wide open with a bunch of mailman rule filter to try to
> > handle the worst of the spam.
> >
> > It does complain if you try to add too many cc:s to it, but that's it,
> > an admin (me or Stephen) will usually get around to aproving them within
> > 24 hours.
>
> Ok, I stand corrected.
>
> > But, I have no objection to moving to vger if you want to handle the
> > admin load. If so, should I send you a list of addresses that were on
> > the sf.net list so that people can be migrated?
>
> We don't do migrations like that, so that people:
>
> 1) Learn how to subscribe, and thus how to unsubscribe.
>
> 2) Don't get upset that they were added to a mailing list
> site they may not want to be one.
>
> So I'd ask that you send an announcement out to the old list,
> and during a transition period you can subscribe the old
> list onto the vger one.

Ok, I'll do that, it will be nice to move away from the sf.net lists,
thanks for offering this for us.

greg k-h
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