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RE: Patch spamming
- To: "gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>, "'jaf at brightware dot com'" <jaf at brightware dot com>
- Subject: RE: Patch spamming
- From: Tim Endres <time at ice dot com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:40:07 -0400
I would like to second that, at least for small patches.
I really like building up my patch library, and then
applying it every couple weeks when I have the time.
Chasing URL's is far more difficult.
Of course, anything larger than ~ 50K (?) should probably
not be sent via the list, since it is so inefficient.
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From: jaf@brightware.com
Subject: Re: Patch spamming
Are patches suppose to be posted here? If not, where else?
Speaking only for myself, I archive patches that look like they may be
useful. It is very, very convenient to be able to capture a patch
just by archiving the encapsulating mail message. It is far less
convenient, for me, to chase pointers -- URL's have a disappointing
tendency to decay over time.
From: Tim Iverson <iverson@cisco.com>
Subject: Patch spamming
Please stop sending large patches to the mailing list. IMHO, this is
worse than junk-mail spam -- at least those are small. If you have
some wonderful patch set, by all means send it to Cygnus and announce
it to the list. But, please don't subject all of us to 100KB of "patch
of the day".
Thanks,
- Tim Iverson
iverson@lionheart.com
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