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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:28:28 -0800 From: Larry Baker <baker@...s.gov> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: decnet: /proc/sys/net/decnet sysctl entries disappear David, On 11 Feb 2013, at 8:53 PM, David Miller wrote: > > Never email developers privately, ever. It is both rude and > also a very poor use of global developer resources. > > Always ask on the appropriate, public, mailing list, so that > any developer, not just me, can answer you. I'm sorry you feel this way. Other developers have been very gracious in offering assistance and encouragement to solve this problem. I was following the instructions in Documentation/SubmittingPatches you guided me to. Specifically, the instructions to locate the assigned maintainer and "e-mail that person". > 5) Select e-mail destination. > > Look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code, and determine > if your change applies to a specific subsystem of the kernel, with > an assigned maintainer. If so, e-mail that person. The script > scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step. > > If no maintainer is listed, or the maintainer does not respond, send > your patch to the primary Linux kernel developer's mailing list, > linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org. Most kernel developers monitor this > e-mail list, and can comment on your changes. scripts/get_maintainer.pl said that was you. Larry Baker US Geological Survey 650-329-5608 baker@...s.gov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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