> > I have the additional complaint that this doesn't actually > solve most > > of my original complaints and might reduce the pressure to > find a better solution. > > The patches announcements themselves would still be basically > > invisible within the community. > > I'm with Greg on this one. I felt his original complaint > made alot of sense and this doesn't really deal with it. I'd > much rather see -patches go away or maybe become an alias to > -hackers. If the patch is too big then perhaps either > compress it or provide a link to it when it's submitted. If > hosting for patches is an issue then perhaps provide a way > for patches to be hosted on a PG server. Honestly, I'd be > happy to put up any PG patches sent to me on a well connected > server. I'm not sure how easy it'd be to automate that > though (and prevent spammers/etc), but perhaps people have > some suggestions?
There are list servers out there capable of simply ripping any attachments to a message (possibly over a certain size) and stick it on a website, replacing it with a link in the email. Is majordomo one of them? If that was done, we could just have patches be sent to -hackers, and get rid of -patches completely. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
