Re: Please create the email alias do-not-apply-to-stable@kernel.org -> /dev/null

[Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 05:49:29PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> @Greg, BTW: should this be stable+noautosel@kernel.org or have a 
> 'vger.'

No vger, just stable+whatever@kernel.org.

> in it, e.g. stable+noautosel@vger.kernel.org? I assume without 'vger.'
> is fine, just wanted to be sure, as
> Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst in all other cases
> specifies stable@vger.kernel.org, so people are likely to get confused.
> :-/ #sigh

These serve two different purposes:

stable@kernel.org (goes into devnull)
stable@vger.kernel.org (actual mailing list)

Confusion happens all the time, unfortunately.

Notably, even if someone uses stable+noautosel@vger.kernel.org, it won't 
do anything terrible (it won't bounce, it'll just quietly go into 
nowhere because that's not a valid expansion command).

-K