Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Fri, Oct 09, 2026 at 06:41:01PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM Konstantin Ryabitsev
> <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > - THE REST actually works as a fallback
> > - patches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is included on all patches as an archival list
> 
> Couldn't this list be programmatically populated? Lore is already
> watching every other mailing list. Can it simply post ones to patches@
> that patches@ hasn't already seen? Then we don't need to worry about
> the folly of trying to teach people about another list and such.

I have considered this as well, yes, and it would be fairly straightforward.
The biggest issue would really be that it's another automation bot to set up
and monitor (and react to when it suddenly stops working at 5PM on
Thanksgiving Day. :))

-K