netdev - Re: [RFC Draft net-next] docs: netdev: add section on using lei to manage netdev mail volume

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Message-ID: <20231106121924.2e078be0@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 12:19:24 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: David Wei <dw@...idwei.uk>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC Draft net-next] docs: netdev: add section on using lei to
 manage netdev mail volume

On Sun,  5 Nov 2023 10:50:14 -0800 David Wei wrote:
>  
> +Managing emails
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How about adding this section before "Patch review" ?

> +netdev is a busy mailing list with on average over 200 emails received per day,
> +which can be overwhelming to beginners. Rather than subscribing to the entire
> +list, considering using ``lei`` to only subscribe to topics that you are
> +interested in. Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote excellent tutorials on using ``lei``:
> +
> + - https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/lore-lei-part-1-getting-started
> + - https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/lore-lei-part-2-now-with-imap
> +
> +As a netdev beginner, you may want to filter out driver changes and only focus
> +on core netdev changes. Try using the following query with ``lei q``::
> +
> +  lei q -o ~/Mail/netdev \
> +    -I https://lore.kernel.org/all \
> +    -t '(b:b/net/* AND tc:netdev@...r.kernel.org AND rt:2.week.ago..'

Let's add a sentence pointing out the b:b/net hack and why it's needed.