linux-kernel - Re: New vger mailing list request

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:09:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mcgrof@...nel.org
Cc:     kvalo@...eaurora.org, postmaster@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        wagi@...om.org, dwmw2@...radead.org, arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, yi1.li@...ux.intel.com, atull@...nel.org,
        moritz.fischer@...us.com, pmladek@...e.com,
        johannes.berg@...el.com, emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com,
        luciano.coelho@...el.com, luto@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        takahiro.akashi@...aro.org, dhowells@...hat.com, pjones@...hat.com,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, alan@...ux.intel.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, teg@...m.no
Subject: Re: New vger mailing list request - linux-firmware

From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 18:19:42 +0200

> On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 02:53:22PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Dear vger postmaster,
>> >
>> > I think its time for a linux-firmware mailing list. If one is possible
>> > on vger that'd be great, otherwise let me know and I can look for an
>> > alternative outlet.
>> >
>> > I've been giving linux-firmware some good love as of late. One of the
>> > issues I have seen with old commits had been lack of eyeball reviews,
>> > and and also ensuring the "right people" do review and get CC'd. While
>> > I do tend to CC everyone and their mom, its easy for me to know who
>> > should be as I'm maintaining the code now -- but I see some folks fail
>> > to capture everyone I know should be reviewing things or might like to
>> > get Cc'd on such topics. Tools like checkpatch help but its not
>> > perfect and now everyone use it. Instead of CC'ing everyone I know
>> > should be Cc'd on linux-firmware stuff I think its time for a proper
>> > mailing list for it.
>> >
>> > This should also help with reviewing old patches and letting new folks
>> > engage more easily by looking at specific dedicate archive of what's
>> > going on.
>> 
>> There's already linux-firmware@...nel.org (an alias I think, not sure)
> 
> Ah, yes thanks.
> 
>> for submitting patches to linux-firmware.git. I think it will be
>> confusing if we will have two separate linux-firmware destinations under
>> kernel.org domain:
>> 
>> linux-firmware@...nel.org
>> linux-firmware@...r.kernel.org
>> 
>> Maybe rename the new list to linux-fw-dev@...r.kernel.org or something
>> like that to make it more obvious which one is which?
> 
> Yeah good call. That's fine by me, but I'll leave it to postmaster to
> also decide.

One list is enough, I think.