drivers

Greg 'groggy' Lehey grog at FreeBSD.org
Sun May 29 18:03:19 PDT 2005


On Sunday, 29 May 2005 at 17:53:14 -0700, Vizion wrote:
> On Sunday 29 May 2005 17:40,  the author Tim Aslat contributed to the dialogue
> on-
>  Re: drivers:
>
>> On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:03:03 +0930
>>
>> Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>> I suppose it's reasonable.  On the other hand, in my recollection this
>>> is the first time this has happened.
>>
>> Maybe it's the first, but I'm guessing it won't be the last. Now that
>> people have seen its possible, we can probably expect some individuals
>> to gain some small amusement by sending huge attachments to the list.
>>
>> I propose that we decide on a realistic size limit for freebsd-*
>> mailing lists.  My suggestion is 500K.
> For what its worth could I suggest an intermediate course -- if it happens
> again then put a limit - I suppose I am wondering whether quick action on
> isolated cases does not lead to "bad" precedents!! It strikes me as going
> down the slippery slope towards over regulation -- I dunno I suggest it be
> slept on

In fact, what you're suggesting is more regulation.  Intelligent, yes,
but it means more work. 

I've sent a message to the FreeBSD postmaster suggesting a limit of
100 kB.  My reasoning for this relatively low limit: nobody's going to
look at much more anyway, and it will "encourage" people to quote
carefully :-)

Greg
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