>>> The best way to do this that I can think of at the moment would be
>>> to have a mailing address where patches are sent that is then
>>> converted into a simple web page that lists email address the patch
>>> originated, any line that has 'DESC:' at the beginning of it, and
>>> a link to either the actual email or just the patch itself.
>>> This email address could also CC: Linus everything it receives so
>>> that even if this was not a plausible way for Linus to traditionally
>>> receive patches others could use it to see what people have submitted,
This is great, since Linus does not have to change his ways.
We get a web page full of patches, and he gets them in email.
Procmail could even detect mangled patches and fix or return
them. Good patches could be converted into a format he likes.
(uudecoded gzip & raw patches last I heard, without MIME)
Headers like "From:" and "Cc:" ought to stay intact too.
> Well, in the end it is for Linus to decide, though I agre it would
> seem easier provided one had a good news-reader.
That could be considered "work".
If the system makes Linus change his ways, it will fail.
He can't be expected to change the way he likes to work.
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