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

[Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM Konstantin Ryabitsev
<konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2026 at 05:24:51PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > I certainly scan it.
> > > It is also useful to have an archived local copy that can be searched.
> >
> > Indeed. Sorry to say that, but Gmail web interface search is still
> > much more effective than lore web interface search.
>
> Folks, I don't want this to turn into another thread of "me too" responses.
>
> Yes, I know that some people still use it for a number of legitimate reasons
> -- but these are few-and-far-between exceptions. I need this change because
> the current status quo is NOT TENABLE. *Everyone's* quality of life is
> affected because Gmail's throttling results in (looks) ~350,000 mails in the
> queue, most of them waiting for Google to graciously allow us to talk to them.

So honestly, I'd do the drastic thing described below if I were you.

> So, we either unsubscribe all gmail addresses from LKML and prevent them from
> resubscribing, or we do something less drastic and revert it to how it was
> supposed to work in the first place -- only patches without a dedicated list
> end up on LKML.

Because this one depends on people stopping to send stuff to the LMKL
and that's about changing everyone's habits.  I'm not sure how
realistic it is TBH.

Rafael