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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change judgment len position
From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:23:35 -0700
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On Wed, 2018-10-24 at 17:02 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:46:18 -0700
> 
> > I would have suggested David reply with only his second sentence
> > and maybe a pointer to kernelnewbies or staging.is
> 
> I maintain that I was not out of line with my comment.
> 
> I sought a second opinion from Greg KH and others, and they agree with
> me that I was still kind with my choice of words.

"You can't be serious?" is kind?

> I think you're taking things too far, and I will simply not stand for
> this overreaching judgement upon my behavior on this list which is
> completely not justified.

Even above here, concision is generally better.

overreaching and completely are probably not reasonable.

openness and defensiveness are somewhat antithetic.

From the new Code of Conduct (which I don't even approve)

* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism.

cheers, Joe