Re: Patches submission policy change

On Sun, 7 Apr 2024, 15:02 Mark Wielaard, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Jonathan,
>
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2024 at 01:32:11PM +0100, Jonathan Wakely via Gdb wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Apr 2024, 22:36 Mark Wielaard, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > wrt to the mailinglists maybe getting larger patches, I think most
> > > will still be under 400K and I wouldn't raise the limit (because most
> > > such larger emails are really just spam). But we might want to get
> > > more mailinglist moderators.
> > >
> > > gcc-patches, binutils and gdb-patches all have only one moderator
> > > (Jeff, Ian and Thiago). It would probably be good if there were
> > > more.
> > >
> > > Any volunteers? It shouldn't be more than 1 to 3 emails a week
> > > (sadly most of them spam).
> >
> > I'm happy to help moderating/spambusting for the GCC lists.
>
> I see you are already doing that for the libstdc++ mailinglist, but
> you are the only moderator. Maybe you want someone as backup there?
>

It wouldn't hurt to have backup if somebody wants to volunteer, but I don't
remember ever having to moderate anything for that list. Maybe just once.



> The jit mailinglist is the same. It only has one moderator
> (David). Having a second/backup one would probably be nice. Are you ok
> to be added there?
>

Sure! I imagine that one is quiet as well.



> (I see that both the libstdc++ and jit mailinglist just allow up to
> 5MB patches, which probably means they don't block any legitimate
> ones, but might get a bit more spam than necessary).
>
> It isn't a patches mailinglist, so slightly less urgent, but the
> gcc-help mailinglist doesn't have any moderators. Would you be willing
> to help out with that one?
>

Sure, I'm subscribed and active there anyway.