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

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

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, 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.

-K