Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:42:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:42:54 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:34054 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:42:53 -0400 Subject: Re: The tainted message To: rthrapp@sbcglobal.net (Richard Thrapp) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 03:00:56 +0100 (BST) Cc: kaos@ocs.com.au (Keith Owens), alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (linux-kernel) In-Reply-To: <1019957228.8818.109.camel@wizard> from "Richard Thrapp" at Apr 27, 2002 08:27:07 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I get sick and tired of maintainers who solicit opinions and then refuse > to listen to the answers they get back, even when people who know what > they are doing agree... even when the majority agrees. I've seen it Keith listened, and disagreed then proposed an alternative. Its his package, its his business to do that. > At the very least, -please- change the verb tense of the message to be > correct. That will at least eliminate the "module doesn't load" bug > reports (I hope). That bit does want fixing to be less confusing either way - 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/