Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-24 Thread Florian Holz
Hi, just a short comment. I think, this snippet shows the key point in this argument: At 15.07.2013 21:53 CEST +02:00 Sarah Sharp wrote: > Good lord. So anyone that is one of your "top maintainers" could be > exposed to your verbal abuse just because they "should have known > better"? > > You

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-24 Thread Florian Holz
Hi, just a short comment. I think, this snippet shows the key point in this argument: At 15.07.2013 21:53 CEST +02:00 Sarah Sharp wrote: Good lord. So anyone that is one of your top maintainers could be exposed to your verbal abuse just because they should have known better? You know

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-23 Thread Rogelio Serrano
Hi Sarah, kinda reminds me of... baboons... its natural among mammals i guess... Why hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche (by dr. Robert Sapolsky) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4UMyTnlaMY=share On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jul

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-23 Thread Rogelio Serrano
Hi Sarah, kinda reminds me of... baboons... its natural among mammals i guess... Why hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche (by dr. Robert Sapolsky) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4UMyTnlaMYfeature=share On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Sarah Sharp

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Regina Obe
Mike, I do want to partially apologize to Sarah for my first email. That was really much tongue in cheek to express what happens when things get too polite and professional and hope she wasn't too offended. I saw Sarah's last post

RE: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Regina Obe
> Which means you're likely not invited to the annual mud-wrestling and toga party where this topic has been scheduled for further discussion. > This thread and its offspring have been declared dead on LKML, we're in kernel development mode again. > -Mike That's okay. Just wanted to express

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Mon, 2013-07-22 at 21:42 -0400, Regina Obe wrote: > Linus, > I want to start off by saying, though I'm mostly a windows developer, Which means you're likely not invited to the annual mud-wrestling and toga party where this topic has been scheduled for further discussion. This thread and its

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Regina Obe
I wanted to take Sarah up on her offer to pay my respects for the great work she is doing to bring civility to the LKLM community as detailed in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel=137390362508794 Linus, I want to start off by saying, though I'm mostly a windows developer, I've gained a whole new

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-22 Thread Daniel Phillips
On 07/22/2013 09:02 PM, Luck, Tony wrote: > Some thoughts on the format of the discussion at KS: > > ... > 5) Volunteers are under-represented at Kernel Summit Volunteers are the "dark matter" of Linux Kernel contribution. They are not the "usual suspects" who nearly all have full time jobs

RE: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-22 Thread Luck, Tony
On 07/18/2013 03:54 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > Let's shift this discussion away from the terms "abuse" and > "professionalism" to "respect" and "civility". And Daniel Philips replied: > Brilliant, and +1 for a session at KS. In the mean time, why don't we > all try to demonstrate the real meaning

Re: Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-22 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 02:44:21PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 04:03:24PM -0400, Kurt H Maier wrote: > > Come to KS! You're more than welcome to discuss this with us there. > Thanks for the invitation, but those events don't fit into my schedule. I hope in my absence

Re: Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-22 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 02:44:21PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 04:03:24PM -0400, Kurt H Maier wrote: Come to KS! You're more than welcome to discuss this with us there. Thanks for the invitation, but those events don't fit into my schedule. I hope in my absence

RE: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-22 Thread Luck, Tony
On 07/18/2013 03:54 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: Let's shift this discussion away from the terms abuse and professionalism to respect and civility. And Daniel Philips replied: Brilliant, and +1 for a session at KS. In the mean time, why don't we all try to demonstrate the real meaning of respect

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-22 Thread Daniel Phillips
On 07/22/2013 09:02 PM, Luck, Tony wrote: Some thoughts on the format of the discussion at KS: ... 5) Volunteers are under-represented at Kernel Summit Volunteers are the dark matter of Linux Kernel contribution. They are not the usual suspects who nearly all have full time jobs now,

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Regina Obe
I wanted to take Sarah up on her offer to pay my respects for the great work she is doing to bring civility to the LKLM community as detailed in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=137390362508794 Linus, I want to start off by saying, though I'm mostly a windows developer, I've gained a whole new

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Mon, 2013-07-22 at 21:42 -0400, Regina Obe wrote: Linus, I want to start off by saying, though I'm mostly a windows developer, Which means you're likely not invited to the annual mud-wrestling and toga party where this topic has been scheduled for further discussion. This thread and its

RE: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Regina Obe
Which means you're likely not invited to the annual mud-wrestling and toga party where this topic has been scheduled for further discussion. This thread and its offspring have been declared dead on LKML, we're in kernel development mode again. -Mike That's okay. Just wanted to express my

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-22 Thread Regina Obe
Mike, I do want to partially apologize to Sarah for my first email. That was really much tongue in cheek to express what happens when things get too polite and professional and hope she wasn't too offended. I saw Sarah's last post

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-21 Thread Rob Landley
On 07/15/2013 09:01:56 PM, Joe Perches wrote: On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 11:54 +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:50:52 -0700 Joe Perches wrote: > > > On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 09:42 +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > > > Being "polite" without being "nice" is quite possible. > > > It even has a

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-21 Thread Rob Landley
On 07/15/2013 09:01:56 PM, Joe Perches wrote: On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 11:54 +1000, NeilBrown wrote: On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:50:52 -0700 Joe Perches j...@perches.com wrote: On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 09:42 +1000, NeilBrown wrote: Being polite without being nice is quite possible. It even has

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-20 Thread Daniel Phillips
On 07/18/2013 03:54 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > Let's shift this discussion away from the terms "abuse" and > "professionalism" to "respect" and "civility". Brilliant, and +1 for a session at KS. In the mean time, why don't we all try to demonstrate the real meaning of respect and civility, by

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-20 Thread Daniel Phillips
On 07/18/2013 03:54 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: Let's shift this discussion away from the terms abuse and professionalism to respect and civility. Brilliant, and +1 for a session at KS. In the mean time, why don't we all try to demonstrate the real meaning of respect and civility, by practising it

Re: Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-19 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 04:03:24PM -0400, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:01:27PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > > > I'm not trying to shut down this discussion. But please, let's continue > > this discussion at KS, away from the court of public opinion. I would > > love for

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Rob Landley wrote: > On 07/15/2013 10:52:48 AM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > >On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:17:08 +0200, Ingo Molnar > >wrote: > >> * Linus Torvalds wrote: > >Let's discuss this at Kernel Summit where we can at least yell at each > >other in person. Yeah, just try yelling at me about

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Sarah Sharp wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 03:12:45PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I react very strongly when somebody argues against fixing regressions. > > Let's just say that there's too many years of baggage that I carry > > around on that issue.. > > > > So that is definitely one

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Sarah Sharp wrote: > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 02:42:16AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > If you can point me to a single instance of Linus "abusing" someone > > who is not one of his trusted persons, who really should be able to > > deal with that, or someone who did not provoke him to go

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 02:42:16AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: If you can point me to a single instance of Linus abusing someone who is not one of his trusted persons, who really should be able to deal with that, or someone who did not

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 03:12:45PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: I react very strongly when somebody argues against fixing regressions. Let's just say that there's too many years of baggage that I carry around on that issue.. So that

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Rob Landley r...@landley.net wrote: On 07/15/2013 10:52:48 AM, Sarah Sharp wrote: On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:17:08 +0200, Ingo Molnar mi...@kernel.org wrote: * Linus Torvalds torva...@linux-foundation.org wrote: Let's discuss this at Kernel Summit where we can at least yell at each other in

Re: Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-19 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 04:03:24PM -0400, Kurt H Maier wrote: On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:01:27PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: I'm not trying to shut down this discussion. But please, let's continue this discussion at KS, away from the court of public opinion. I would love for this email

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Felipe Contreras
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > To me, being "professional" means treating each other with respect. Respect is earned, not automatic, and can be lost. A common mistake in our modern society is to think that everyone deserves respect; they don't. We should tolerate each

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 09:07 -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: > The following statement is not respectful, because it targets the > person: > > "Seriously, Maintainer. Why are you pushing this kind of *crap* code to > me again? Why the hell did you mark it for stable when it's clearly > not a bug fix?

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:39:07PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Sarah Sharp > > wrote: > > > > > > Oh, FFS, I just called out on private email for "playing the victim > > > card". I will repeat: this is not just about me, or

Re: Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-18 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 09:30:08AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > The reason why I started the kernel summit over ten years ago > was because there were certain topics that are much better discussed > in person, and that over time, if we don't have sufficient face to > face interactions, the

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 02:42:16AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > If you can point me to a single instance of Linus "abusing" someone > who is not one of his trusted persons, who really should be able to > deal with that, or someone who did not provoke him to go into rant > mode, then I'm all on

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:39:07PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Linus Torvalds wrote: ... > > Because if you want me to "act professional", I can tell you that I'm > > not interested. I'm sitting in my home office wearign a bathrobe. The > > same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm

Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-18 Thread Theodore Ts'o
The reason why I started the kernel summit over ten years ago was because there were certain topics that are much better discussed in person, and that over time, if we don't have sufficient face to face interactions, the quality of e-mail discussions can start to become frayed. One of the reasons

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:01:18AM -0400, CAI Qian wrote: > > > Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example that > > > people may follow? Is Nik Wallenda an abuser because he walked across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope without a safety net, and that's an example that other

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 00:01 -0400, CAI Qian wrote: > > > > > So if you talk about abuse, then you need an abuser and a victim. So > > > > your argumentation falls flat because there is no victim. > > > Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example that > > > people may

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Sarah Sharp > wrote: > > > > Oh, FFS, I just called out on private email for "playing the victim > > card". I will repeat: this is not just about me, or other minorities. > > I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Ingo Molnar
* CAI Qian wrote: > > On 07/17/2013, CAI Qian wrote: > > > > > > On 07/17/2013, CAI Qian wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an > > > > > example that people may follow? > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread CAI Qian
uot;Greg Kroah-Hartman" > , "Dave Jones" > , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > , "Andrew Morton" > , "stable" , "Darren Hart" > > 发送时间: 星期四, 2013年 7 月 18日 下午 1:03:41 > 主题: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review > > On 07/17/20

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread CAI Qian
下午 1:03:41 主题: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review On 07/17/2013 09:01 PM, CAI Qian wrote: Please don't get me wrong. I did neither compare Linus to those child abusers nor Thomas to those children. I simply pointed out there is also some common sense need to consider. Actually

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Ingo Molnar
* CAI Qian caiq...@redhat.com wrote: On 07/17/2013, CAI Qian wrote: On 07/17/2013, CAI Qian wrote: Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example that people may follow?

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Linus Torvalds torva...@linux-foundation.org wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: Oh, FFS, I just called out on private email for playing the victim card. I will repeat: this is not just about me, or other minorities. I should not

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 00:01 -0400, CAI Qian wrote: So if you talk about abuse, then you need an abuser and a victim. So your argumentation falls flat because there is no victim. Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example that people may follow?

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:01:18AM -0400, CAI Qian wrote: Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example that people may follow? Is Nik Wallenda an abuser because he walked across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope without a safety net, and that's an example that other

Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-18 Thread Theodore Ts'o
The reason why I started the kernel summit over ten years ago was because there were certain topics that are much better discussed in person, and that over time, if we don't have sufficient face to face interactions, the quality of e-mail discussions can start to become frayed. One of the reasons

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:39:07PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Linus Torvalds torva...@linux-foundation.org wrote: ... Because if you want me to act professional, I can tell you that I'm not interested. I'm sitting in my home office wearign a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 02:42:16AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: If you can point me to a single instance of Linus abusing someone who is not one of his trusted persons, who really should be able to deal with that, or someone who did not provoke him to go into rant mode, then I'm all on your

Re: Maybe it's time to shut this thread down (Was: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review)

2013-07-18 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 09:30:08AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: The reason why I started the kernel summit over ten years ago was because there were certain topics that are much better discussed in person, and that over time, if we don't have sufficient face to face interactions, the quality of

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:39:07PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Linus Torvalds torva...@linux-foundation.org wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: Oh, FFS, I just called out on private email for playing the victim card. I will

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 09:07 -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: The following statement is not respectful, because it targets the person: Seriously, Maintainer. Why are you pushing this kind of *crap* code to me again? Why the hell did you mark it for stable when it's clearly not a bug fix? Did

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-18 Thread Felipe Contreras
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: To me, being professional means treating each other with respect. Respect is earned, not automatic, and can be lost. A common mistake in our modern society is to think that everyone deserves respect; they don't.

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 07/17/2013 09:01 PM, CAI Qian wrote: > > Please don't get me wrong. I did neither compare Linus to those child abusers > nor Thomas to those children. I simply pointed out there is also some common > sense need to consider. > Actually, you did. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
n" , "Dave Jones" , > "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > , "Andrew Morton" , > "stable" , > "Darren Hart" > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:47:34 AM > Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review > > On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 23:16

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
n" , "Dave Jones" , > "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > , "Andrew Morton" , > "stable" , > "Darren Hart" > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:47:34 AM > Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review > > On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 23:16

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread George Spelvin
> If you can point me to a single instance of Linus "abusing" someone > who is not one of his trusted persons, who really should be able to > deal with that, or someone who did not provoke him to go into rant > mode, then I'm all on your side. Well, the one that comes to mind is Alan Cox and the

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 23:16 -0400, CAI Qian wrote: > > So if you talk about abuse, then you need an abuser and a victim. So > > your argumentation falls flat because there is no victim. > Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example that > people may follow? >

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
ones" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > , "Andrew Morton" > , "stable" , "Darren Hart" > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:42:16 AM > Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review > > On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > On

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Sarah Sharp wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:07:56PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Sarah Sharp > > wrote: > > > > > > Bullshit. I've seen you be polite, and explain to clueless maintainers > > > why there's no way you can revert their

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread Janne Karhunen
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Google "management by perkele". Actually, not even our former president mr. Kekkonen never went quite as far using this method. I think something along the lines of legendary 'saatanan tunarit' would suffice next time :) -- Janne --

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
ck" , "Greg Kroah-Hartman" > , "Dave Jones" > , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > , "Andrew Morton" > , "stable" , "Darren Hart" > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 7:50:52 AM > Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review >

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
, July 16, 2013 7:50:52 AM Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 09:42 +1000, NeilBrown wrote: Being polite without being nice is quite possible. It even has a name: Diplomacy. And we all know how circular/indirect/implied/useless some of those diplomatic

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread Janne Karhunen
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Linus Torvalds torva...@linux-foundation.org wrote: Google management by perkele. Actually, not even our former president mr. Kekkonen never went quite as far using this method. I think something along the lines of legendary 'saatanan tunarit' would suffice

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Sarah Sharp wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:07:56PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: Bullshit. I've seen you be polite, and explain to clueless maintainers why there's no way you

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
Rostedt rost...@goodmis.org, Dave Jones da...@redhat.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton a...@linux-foundation.org, stable sta...@vger.kernel.org, Darren Hart dvh...@linux.intel.com Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:42:16 AM Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 23:16 -0400, CAI Qian wrote: So if you talk about abuse, then you need an abuser and a victim. So your argumentation falls flat because there is no victim. Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example that people may follow?

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread George Spelvin
If you can point me to a single instance of Linus abusing someone who is not one of his trusted persons, who really should be able to deal with that, or someone who did not provoke him to go into rant mode, then I'm all on your side. Well, the one that comes to mind is Alan Cox and the TTY

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 23:16 -0400, CAI Qian wrote: So if you talk about abuse, then you need an abuser and a victim. So your argumentation falls flat because there is no victim. Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread CAI Qian
Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 23:16 -0400, CAI Qian wrote: So if you talk about abuse, then you need an abuser and a victim. So your argumentation falls flat because there is no victim. Could victim be someone else in the future since it is an example

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-17 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 07/17/2013 09:01 PM, CAI Qian wrote: Please don't get me wrong. I did neither compare Linus to those child abusers nor Thomas to those children. I simply pointed out there is also some common sense need to consider. Actually, you did. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 03:12:45PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I react very strongly when somebody argues against fixing regressions. > Let's just say that there's too many years of baggage that I carry > around on that issue.. > > So that is definitely one of the things that make me go

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Darren Hart
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 18:37 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> > >> "Mauro, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" > > > > This one crosses the line. There's no non-offensive way to tell a geek > > "you are wrong", but this isn't even trying. Bad Linus! > >

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 18:37 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Emotions aren't bad. Quite the reverse. Spock and Dr. Sheldon Cooper strongly disagree. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: >> >> "Mauro, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" > > This one crosses the line. There's no non-offensive way to tell a geek > "you are wrong", but this isn't even trying. Bad Linus! You know what? Not my proudest moment. I was really upset. But that said,

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Rusty Russell
Sarah Sharp writes: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 02:22:14PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > Linus is complaining about code here, and the effects of merging bad > code on his own tree. I personally have no qualms with this type of > harsh email, because it focuses on the code, not the person. > > I

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > In fact, I didn't say what I really wanted to say in that reply to the > reporter > and that evidently confused you, which only made me think it was better to be > more careful about sending replies to regression reports when Linus is

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 02:08:56PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: > Rusty hit the nail on the head here. I want everyone (including Linus) > to be harsh with code but gentle with people. Just as a side note Sarah, in some cultures/languages, "I want" is extremely impolite, almost insulting to your

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 02:23:46 PM Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Sarah Sharp > wrote: > > > > I do, however, object when the verbal abuse shifts from being directed > > at code to being directed at *people*. For example, Linus chose to > > curse at Mauro [2] and

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 14:08 -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > "Mauro, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" > > "How long have you been a maintainer? And you *still* haven't learnt the > first rule of kernel maintenance?" > > "Shut up, Mauro. And I don't _ever_ want to hear that kind of obvious > garbage and idiocy

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > I do, however, object when the verbal abuse shifts from being directed > at code to being directed at *people*. For example, Linus chose to > curse at Mauro [2] and Rafael [3], rather than their code: Umm. Because it was actually the

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 02:22:14PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > Linus Torvalds writes: > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Willy Tarreau wrote: > >> > >> BTW, I was amazed that you managed to get him have a much softer tone inr > >> his last e-mail, you probably found a weakness here in his

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Darren, On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 08:40:15AM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 08:13 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > > It can seem counter-producting first (as Sarah thinks) but I think that > > the competent people find their way in this simply because they're backed > > up by

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Darren Hart
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 08:13 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > It can seem counter-producting first (as Sarah thinks) but I think that > the competent people find their way in this simply because they're backed > up by other ones. That's how I think we get that number of skilled people > at the top of

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Darren Hart
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 08:09 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 04:30:45PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp > > wrote: > > > I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists. > > > Professional behavior should

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Kees Cook
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 04:30:45PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp > wrote: > > I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists. > > Professional behavior should be the default. > > So, what does "professional" mean? A

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 16:30 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp > wrote: > > I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists. > > Professional behavior should be the default. > > So, what does "professional" mean? A

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Alex Elder
On 07/15/2013 02:07 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > But when people who know better send me crap, I'll curse at them. > > I suspect you'll notice me cursing *way* more at top developers than > random people on the list. I expect more from them, and conversely > I'll be a lot more upset when they do

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists. > Professional behavior should be the default. So, what does "professional" mean? A professional is paid for his work, an amateur isn't. But this doesn't say anything

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Neil, On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 08:40:36AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:17:27 +0200 Willy Tarreau wrote: > > > Communication works two ways. > > I understand that to mean (at least) that for communication, every message > must be both sent and received. So when

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Neil, On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 08:40:36AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:17:27 +0200 Willy Tarreau w...@1wt.eu wrote: Communication works two ways. I understand that to mean (at least) that for communication, every message must be both sent and received. So when

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists. Professional behavior should be the default. So, what does professional mean? A professional is paid for his work, an amateur isn't. But

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Alex Elder
On 07/15/2013 02:07 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: But when people who know better send me crap, I'll curse at them. I suspect you'll notice me cursing *way* more at top developers than random people on the list. I expect more from them, and conversely I'll be a lot more upset when they do

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 16:30 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists. Professional behavior should be the default. So, what does professional

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Kees Cook
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 04:30:45PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists. Professional behavior should be the default. So, what does

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Darren Hart
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 08:09 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 04:30:45PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Sarah Sharp sarah.a.sh...@linux.intel.com wrote: I should not have to ask for professional behavior on the mailing lists.

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Darren Hart
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 08:13 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: It can seem counter-producting first (as Sarah thinks) but I think that the competent people find their way in this simply because they're backed up by other ones. That's how I think we get that number of skilled people at the top of

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Darren, On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 08:40:15AM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 08:13 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: It can seem counter-producting first (as Sarah thinks) but I think that the competent people find their way in this simply because they're backed up by other

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-16 Thread Sarah Sharp
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 02:22:14PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: Linus Torvalds torva...@linux-foundation.org writes: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Willy Tarreau w...@1wt.eu wrote: BTW, I was amazed that you managed to get him have a much softer tone inr his last e-mail, you probably

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