On 22 Aug 1997, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970822001040.8326A-100000@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org>
> By author: James Mastros <root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > >
> > > There are several mailing lists which will send you an automated email
> > > each time a new kernel is released -- for example,
> > > kdist@linux.kernel.org.
> >
> > I think that linux-kernel-announce@vger.rutgers.edu is the only offical list
> > of this sort; it probably gets announcements fastest. BTW - I don't think
> > that pre-patches are announced there. Powers That Be, why?
>
> <kdist@linux.kernel.org> isn't a mailing list per se -- it is the
> source address of emails to <linux-kernel-announce@vger.rutgers.edu>
> and <linux-kernel-patch@vger.rutgers.edu>.
>
> As far as the prepatches are concerned, it was by Linus' request.
Please elaborate, What concerning the prepatches was
by Linus's request ?
Tia, JimL
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