Re: linux-api scope (Re: [PATCH v2 11/22] media: dvb-frontend invoke enable/disable_source handlers)

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi Shuah,

On 4 February 2016 at 15:35, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 02/04/2016 07:04 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> [expanding the CC a little]
>>
>> Hi Andy, (and Shuah)
>>
>> On 4 February 2016 at 05:51, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> [cc list heavily trimmed]
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Change dvb frontend to check if tuner is free when
>>>> device opened in RW mode. Call to enable_source
>>>> handler either returns with an active pipeline to
>>>> tuner or error if tuner is busy. Tuner is released
>>>> when frontend is released calling the disable_source
>>>> handler.
>>>
>>> As an actual subscriber to linux-api, I prefer for the linux-api list
>>> to be lowish-volume and mostly limited to API-related things.  Is this
>>> API related?  Do people think that these series should be sent to
>>> linux-api?
>>
>> I think not, and I'd like to stem the flood of mail to the list.
>> There's two things that we could do:
>
> I simply followed the getmaintainers generate3d list.
> A bit surprised to see linux-api, but didn't want to
> leave it out.

Yep -- you and many others. That's the problem with automated solutions ;-).

>> 1. Shuah, I know we talked about this in the past, and it made some
>> sense to me at the time for kselftest to use linux-api@, but maybe
>> it's time to create a dedicated list, and move the traffic there? It'd
>> help focus the traffic of linux-api more on its original purpose.
>
> Yes that is a good plan - I will request a new mailing list and
> send in a patch to Kselftest MAINTIANER's entry.

Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience. I guess a prominent mail onto
linux-api@ advertising the new list, once it has been created, would
not go amiss.

Cheers,

Michael

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