Re: PSA: migrating linux-hotplug to new vger infrastructure

On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 02:33:22PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > I plan to migrate the [email protected] list to the new
> > infrastructure this week. We're still doing it list-by-list to make sure that
> > we don't run into scaling issues with the new infra.
> > 
> > The migration will be performed live and should not require any downtime.
> > There will be no changes to how anyone interacts with the list after
> > migration is completed, so no action is required on anyone's part.
> > 
> > Please let me know if you have any concerns.
> 
> I think the list can just be deleted, there's no traffic anymore, and
> "hotplug" doesn't make any sense anymore as "everything" can be
> added/removed from a Linux system these days.
> 
> So can we just remove it?

There seems to be legitimate traffic from last year, so I would lean towards
migrating it for now and revisiting the question of sunsetting it next year,
after the dust settles a bit.

-K