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Date:	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:02:01 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>, vince@...likki.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Mailing lists have moved

On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 17:31 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Contrary to what you expect to be
> the minimum level of intelligence required to subscribe to development
> mailing list, a huge number of them subsequently flooded the list
> with messages saying 'please unsubscribe me please' or the like.
> Needless to say, there was a clear instruction on the bottom of each
> mail telling you how to unsubscribe.

Hm. There's no accounting for the stupidity of the human animal.

We considered doing it as a mass _invitation_ (which needs the
subscriber to click the link to confirm) rather than a mass
subscription. In general, I think it's better to err on the side of
inclusion -- so I decided against that because I thought too many people
wouldn't notice it and would fall off the lists as a result. Perhaps
that was the wrong decision, but I suspect nothing is gained now by
going back and changing things, even if I _did_ have the required
information.

Even with the notification and the first major thread being "ARM Mailing
lists have moved", you're right that there are probably a few people who
are _so_ stupid that they can't manage to work it out. I've sent a mail
with words of one syllable or fewer to each list, which might hopefully
help -- but I'm sure there'll still be some.

When that happens, we'll unsubscribe them -- and send in the ninjas to
ensure they don't accidentally breed.

-- 
dwmw2

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