Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262605AbUFJTRq (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:17:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262459AbUFJTRq (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:17:46 -0400 Received: from adsl-065-082-245-074.sip.clt.bellsouth.net ([65.82.245.74]:32385 "EHLO nibbler.futurama.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262756AbUFJTQu (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:16:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Insults in the kernel-sources From: areversat Reply-To: areversat@tuxfamily.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <200406102053.48615.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-bhtDzops76gpmQojXarR" Message-Id: <1086895000.4480.1.camel@hosts> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:16:42 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1539 Lines: 45 --=-bhtDzops76gpmQojXarR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le jeu 10/06/2004 =E0 21:02, M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd a =E9crit : > Tobias Hirning writes: >=20 > > Hi people, > > have you ever tried a=20 > > grep "insult" -i -r ./* > > in the sourcetree of the kernel? > > (insult must be replaced by an insult) > > Haven't? > > So do and think about, because the you can find to much of insults in=20 > > the sources. >=20 > This is because some lazy hardware devices will not function properly > unless put in an angry state. Insulting them is the easiest way to do > this. A warning should be put somewhere, in the Readme for example. Like "Warning : explicit source code comments" maybe the source code should be rated (PG13?) --=20 Pour trouver les limites du possible il faut tenter l'impossible. --=-bhtDzops76gpmQojXarR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Ceci est une partie de message =?ISO-8859-1?Q?num=E9riquement?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_sign=E9e=2E?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAyLOWuGdEvqsgTTURAkejAJ9augnCi5T+30Pz//t9/agOhvvPQwCdH9Uq H3SXXBe1zNpPzU0Uhs/H9iE= =FUXD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-bhtDzops76gpmQojXarR-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/