Denis Kenzior <denk...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Dan, > > On 8/20/19 12:53 PM, Dan Williams wrote: >> On Tue, 2019-08-20 at 10:40 -0500, Denis Kenzior wrote: >>> Hi Johannes, >>> >>>> Stop. >>>> >>>> Your tone, and in particular the constant snide comments and >>>> attacks on >>>> me are, quite frankly, getting extremely tiring. >>>> >>> >>> Look, I'm sorry I hit a nerve, but from where I am sitting, it had to >>> be >>> said... >> >> But did it really? And in that way? There were certainly better ways >> to go about that response. > > The issue is that this isn't the first such occurrence. There is a > pattern here and it needs to change. So +1 on handling this better. > >> >> I don't recall seeing a NAK anywhere his email chain (which you'd get >> with some other kernel maintainers) but instead (a) an explanation of >> why the proposed solution had some problems, (b) some alternative >> possibilities and (c) requests for more information so the discussion >> could continue. > > So the cover letter states: > "Set IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE on net_device. Note: I know setting this > where I did is likely not the right way to do it, but for this > proof-of-concept it works. With guidance I can move this around > to a proper place." > > and I'll leave it up to you to read the first response from the > maintainer.
I went back and re-read the whole thread, and all I see is Johannes and James having a technical discussion, and you barging in with accusations of bad faith. So yeah, going to agree with Dan here; you were not "hitting a nerve", you were just being rude. -Toke
