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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/CommunityGuidelines

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Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
Date
Jun 11, 2013, 15:41 UTC
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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
>
>> My approach -- and in my perception also that preferred by most of the
>> regulars who have spoken in this whole mess -- is that since there is a
>> fire hazard, it would be more effective firefighting to just remove the
>> hazard, thus preventing future fires.
>
> You would make an excellent evil dictator.
>
> A benevolent dictator like Linus Torvalds knows better, in the LKML
> "fire hazards" are not removed, they are ignored before any flames go
> up. This achieves the best of both worlds; if the person is truly
> vicious, nothing happens, but if there's something to it, a person
> that doesn't offend so easily might have a fruitful discussion, while
> the rest ignore the thread.
>
> In a flamewar everyone is guilty. Apparently you never learned that
> "but he started it!" is not a defense worthy of an adult, hell, even
> most children know that.

[Yes, I should let this thread die, but you are offering me too good a chance to pass up.]

It's funny that you would mention Linus, considering there's at least one instance on record where he broke almost every rule that Ram attempted to set out in the thread starter, calling you among other things a "fucking moron" and telling you to "go away".

  https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/12/434

In case our readers wonder why the flame war suddenly died out at a depth of about 19 replies, fear not, for the story continued:

  https://plus.google.com/108736516888538655285/posts/7QSVy8taWgC

And before you try to shoot that down, please make sure your argument also applies to the recurring situation of your repeatedly ignoring SubmittingPatches as far as commit messages go against explicit requests to stop that.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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Message 32 of 63 in “Documentation/CommunityGuidelines”
  1. Documentation/CommunityGuidelinesRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 10, 2013
  2. Célestin MatteJun 10, 2013
  3. Matthieu MoyJun 10, 2013
  4. Robin H. JohnsonJun 10, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2013
  6. Jonathan NiederJun 10, 2013
  7. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 10, 2013
  8. A Large Angry SCMJun 10, 2013
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 10, 2013
  10. A Large Angry SCMJun 10, 2013
  11. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  12. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 11, 2013
  13. Michael HaggertyJun 11, 2013
  14. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  15. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 11, 2013
  16. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  17. Thomas RastJun 11, 2013
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 11, 2013
  19. Michael HaggertyJun 11, 2013
  20. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 11, 2013
  22. Michael HaggertyJun 11, 2013
  23. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 11, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2013
  25. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  26. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  27. Brandon CaseyJun 11, 2013
  28. Theodore Ts'oJun 12, 2013
  29. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 12, 2013
  30. Felipe ContrerasJun 12, 2013
  31. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  32. Thomas RastJun 11, 2013
  33. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  34. Thomas RastJun 11, 2013
  35. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  36. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2013
  37. Michael HaggertyJun 11, 2013
  38. John KeepingJun 11, 2013
  39. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 11, 2013
  40. John KeepingJun 11, 2013
  41. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 12, 2013
  42. John KeepingJun 12, 2013
  43. Michael HaggertyJun 11, 2013
  44. John KeepingJun 11, 2013
  45. Philip OakleyJun 11, 2013
  46. John SzakmeisterJun 12, 2013
  47. Jakub NarebskiJun 12, 2013
  48. Philip OakleyJun 12, 2013
  49. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  50. Jeff KingJun 11, 2013
  51. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2013
  52. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  53. Theodore Ts'oJun 12, 2013
  54. Felipe ContrerasJun 12, 2013
  55. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 12, 2013
  56. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2013
  57. Michael HaggertyJun 13, 2013
  58. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2013
  59. Felipe ContrerasJun 11, 2013
  60. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 11, 2013
  61. Thomas AdamJun 13, 2013
  62. Felipe ContrerasJun 13, 2013
  63. Christian CouderJun 14, 2013

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