Re: linux-kernel's extremely slow turnaround time

Jon K Hellan (Jon.K.Hellan@item.ntnu.no)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:24:06 +0100


On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 06:16:39 -0800
David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com) wrote

> A little known fact that caused the recent problems is that the
> subscription list to linux-kernel tripled in size around the time when
> Linus started doing 2.2.0 pre-releases and the masses started to
> notice.

I'd like to add to the overload:-)

As a stopgap, respond to subscription requests by pointing at a couple
of archives, and tell the requester to ask again if he really needs to
subscribe.

(Obviously, we have to make sure that the second request doesn't
trigger another "do you really need this" response.)

Jon

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