Hi! > > About 70% of all vger traffic is linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ("LKML"), which > is explained by the following 2 facts: > > 1. There are ~2900 subscribers to that list > 2. It is added to all patches because it has "F: *" in MAINTAINERS > > In the past month alone that list received 33,000 posts, which translates to > about 3.1 million messages delivered daily. This has pretty critical > downsides: > > - due to the sheer volume of messages, LKML is generally seen as useless for > holding any actual discussions > - people tend to subscribe gmail accounts to it and then filter out what they > don't want > - due to gmail's quota policies, this generally results in anywhere from 50K to > 200K messages stuck in the queue all trying to deliver to gmail and being > deferred with "this account is receiving too much mail" > > For this reason, I propose switching the "F: *" entry in MAINTAINERS > ("THE REST") to patches@lists.linux.dev instead. This list differs from LKML > in the following important aspects: How many patches are in "the rest" area? I don't think it is that many, and I believe those should be broadcasted, as it is not clear who should handle them. And lkml seems to be reasonable place for them at the moment. Best regards, Pavel -- People of Russia, stop Putin before his war on Ukraine escalates.