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Message-ID: <20070605145603.GF31565@havoc.gtf.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:56:03 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, mroos@...ux.ee,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: libata & no PCI: dma_[un]map_single undefined
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 03:51:49PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 10:35:23AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> > BTW, please fix your mailer. It emits Mail-Followup-To headers that
> > hijack everyone on the thread into the To field, breaking the normal
> > LKML To/CC standard replying mechanism that has been working for a
> > decade.
>
> Sorry, I will not. My local policy (which I have the utmost right to
> have) is that I do not wish to be CC'd on responses to replies to my
> posts. Additional useless CC's are a waste of my limited bandwidth
> and resources.
>
> It's a question of local policy required by local resource limitations.
>
> So I give you a choice: you can either have the benefit of me reply and
> put up with the follow up header, or I will arrange to never reply to
> your messages ever again (which may involve me never reading one again).
> Which would you prefer?
Your personal preference is fine with me.
Just stop hijacking -everyone else's- preferences along with it.
A far more community-friendly method that operates within existing email
standards is to filter out duplicate message ids on your side.
Jeff
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