netdev - Re: decnet: /proc/sys/net/decnet sysctl entries disappear

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Message-Id: <A16FE98D-5476-4AB2-855F-0CDA3944E7F5@usgs.gov>
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


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