Subject: Re: [RFC Draft net-next] docs: netdev: add section on using lei to manage netdev mail volume

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 12:19:24 -0800

On Sun,  5 Nov 2023 10:50:14 -0800 David Wei wrote:
> +Managing emails
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How about adding this section before "Patch review" ?

> +netdev is a busy mailing list with on average over 200 emails received per day,
> +which can be overwhelming to beginners. Rather than subscribing to the entire
> +list, considering using ``lei`` to only subscribe to topics that you are
> +interested in. Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote excellent tutorials on using ``lei``:
> +
> + - https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/lore-lei-part-1-getting-started
> + - https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/lore-lei-part-2-now-with-imap
> +
> +As a netdev beginner, you may want to filter out driver changes and only focus
> +on core netdev changes. Try using the following query with ``lei q``::
> +
> +  lei q -o ~/Mail/netdev \
> +    -I https://lore.kernel.org/all \
> +    -t '(b:b/net/* AND tc:[email-masked] AND rt:2.week.ago..'

Let's add a sentence pointing out the b:b/net hack and why it's needed.