Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] get_maintainer: stop sending every patch to LKML

[Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> "Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> > So it occurred to me that it might be actually better to stop sending
> > messages directly to LKML subscribers and only make it available for
> > download somewhere and as a Lore archive.
> >
> > Is there really anyone depending on receiving all of the LKML traffic every day?
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> * raises hand
>
> Some of us crazy people really do depend on it, yes.

Exceptions would be straightforward to make though I suppose.

So really my question would be how many people there are who depend on
receiving all of the LKML traffic every day via SMTP.  And I honestly
think that not everybody subscribed to it.  Probably not even 10% of
those people.

Rafael