sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLinus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down16
arrow-up1357arrow-down1external-linkLinus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’www.theregister.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareCameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoThe problem highlighted by this article is the flood of slop. The mailing list is almost irrelevant, because regardless of whatever alternative you use, the flood of slop will still keep overwhelming it.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoThere are varying opinions about the quality of the reports: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/03/26/linux-kernel-czar-says-ai-bug-reports-arent-slop-anymore/5226256
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·14 hours agoEmails don’t allow merging threads very easily. The issue is lots of duplicates. Other tools would increase the capability to handle the popularity
The problem highlighted by this article is the flood of slop. The mailing list is almost irrelevant, because regardless of whatever alternative you use, the flood of slop will still keep overwhelming it.
There are varying opinions about the quality of the reports: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/03/26/linux-kernel-czar-says-ai-bug-reports-arent-slop-anymore/5226256
Emails don’t allow merging threads very easily. The issue is lots of duplicates. Other tools would increase the capability to handle the popularity