list etiquette

Manavendra Nath Manav mnm.kernel at gmail.com
Sun Jun 12 05:58:50 EDT 2016


I think you should focus more on kernel development/discussion rather
than saying thank you's. Etiquette wise it's perfectly okay.

On 6/11/16, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar <chambilkethakur at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think greg or any senior kernel developer would like to get
> personal mail, which are officially the list/community business.
> Skipping thank you mails is really okay. you can always thank them in
> advance is a good idea.
>
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Tobin Harding <me at tobin.cc> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 12:03:57PM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>> >
>> > me at tobin.cc wrote:
>> >
>> > > LKML list etiquette question.  When asking a [simple] question that
>> > > receives an suitable answer is it correct etiquette to reply with a
>> > > thank you email or is this just adding noise to the list?
>> >
>> > (Probably obvious, but you can always reply with a "thank you",
>> > sent directly to the people who answered rather than to the list.)
>>
>> I had got the vibe that it was unacceptable to mail people directly and
>> not cc
>> the list. Is this response correct that there are times it is acceptable
>> to
>> exclude the list. GregKH has had to nudge me twice for doing this so I am
>> very
>> hesitant to write any emails that are not in the clear (cc'ing a list).
>>
>> Tobin
>>
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>
>
> --
> Thank you
> Warm Regards
> Anuz
>


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