linux-kernel - Re: Planned changes for bugzilla.kernel.org to reduce the "Bugzilla blues"

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Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2022 18:28:50 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     "Artem S. Tashkinov" <aros@....com>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        workflows@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        ksummit@...ts.linux.dev,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Subject: Re: Planned changes for bugzilla.kernel.org to reduce the "Bugzilla
 blues"

On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 22:20:40 +0000
"Artem S. Tashkinov" <aros@....com> wrote:

> Opt-in will work, except I've no idea how to make it work. Mass email
> all the kernel developers and politely invite them to sign up? Most will
> simply ignore it.

Why not? The people who will ignore it will be the same people you are
asking to go and unsubscribe. But at least with just a single email
invite all they need to do to not be set up is to ignore a single
email. For those that want to be involved, they will make the effort to
do so.

> 
> It's been mentioned here several times already that even collecting
> their public email addresses in public git logs could be considered illegal.

I would do it with the MAINTAINERS file if you were to do that. The
purpose of the MAINTAINERS file is to send email to those listed.

-- Steve