linux-kernel - Re: use of opaque subject lines

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Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2015 12:06:39 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>,
	"Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	OSUOSL Drivers <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>, HPDD-discuss@...1.01.org,
	Andreas Ruprecht <rupran@...server.de>
Subject: Re: use of opaque subject lines

On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 08:32:13PM +0100, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-02-05 at 09:57 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > And _NEVER_ have automated scripts create patches and send them out.  I
> > only know of ONE person/bot that gets away with this, and you are not
> > that person, sorry.  It it not a script on the receiving end of your
> > output, so don't use a script to create a mess for them to dig through.
> 
> Mind if I ask which person/bot you have in mind?

If you don't know that there is a bot doing patches, then that proves it
is so good that people do not realize it :)

> People are trying to
> bot away the kconfig related messages I send out - which I think is a
> very good idea - and I'd like to know what level that bot should reach
> before people can get out of its way.
> 
> (I happen to think that the stuff I currently do is best done with a
> human filter applied.)

Please stick with a human filter, that's the best thing possible.

thanks,

greg k-h
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