Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:29:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:29:12 -0400 Received: from gherkin.frus.com ([192.158.254.49]:13697 "HELO gherkin.frus.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:29:12 -0400 Message-Id: From: rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob_Tracy) Subject: Re: The tainted message In-Reply-To: "from Alan Cox at Apr 27, 2002 04:20:03 pm" To: Alan Cox Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:28:54 -0500 (CDT) CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL82 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > > I would like to propose that a clearer, more direct message be used. > > Something like "Warning: kernel maintainers may not support your kernel > > since you have loaded %s: %s%s\n" would be much more informative and > > correct. > > More informative but I think too soft. It still implies we might want to > hear about it but not reply. That isnt the case. What you say is true enough if you speak for yourself and/or the core cadre of kernel maintainers. On the other hand, the linux-kernel list has been and mostly continues to be a good place to get help with problems related to kernel changes that affect non-GPL modules. To put it another way, the kernel developers aren't necessarily the target audience when a request for assistance is posted to linux-kernel. If that was too subtle, kernel developers aren't the only people who read linux-kernel. Is linux-kernel an appropriate venue for such assistance requests? Maybe not the *most* appropriate one, but it's often the most efficient. Let me put it this way: speaking for myself, I don't ask linux-kernel list readers for help with a problem if the problem isn't the immediate result of a kernel change. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Tracy WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org rct@frus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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/