Re: mailing list for trace users

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Mon Sep 21 2009 - 15:17:46 EST


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 04:16:22PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> What are people's thoughts about creating a linux-trace-users mailing
> list on vger.kernel.org?
>
> This would be a place for users of tracers and even perf. For asking
> questions about how to use the debugfs/tracing directory or the perf
> tool.
>
> This will not be a place for kernel development. Patches for the tracing
> infrastructure should still go through LKML. This will be a place to ask
> how-to questions, or any other kind of help questions.
>
> LKML can be quite intimidating, and it is not a place to ask help
> questions anyway. I think adding a linux-trace-users mailing list would
> be a good idea.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -- Steve


Why not. That could also gather informations from LKML threads by
Cc'ing it while explaining how to use the tools in random discussions.

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