From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751778Ab3GQDRG (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:17:06 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:43967 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750818Ab3GQDRC (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:17:02 -0400 Message-ID: <1374031004.2537.84.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] How to act on LKML (was: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review) From: Ben Hutchings To: Linus Torvalds Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" , Sarah Sharp , David Lang , ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , Darren Hart , Ingo Molnar , Olivier Galibert , stable , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Willy Tarreau Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:16:44 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <20130715195316.GF15531@xanatos> <20130715204135.GH15531@xanatos> <1373926109.17876.221.camel@gandalf.local.home> <20130715223615.GI15531@xanatos> <20130716211235.GG4994@xanatos> <20130716212704.GB9371@thunk.org> <20130716224357.GK4994@xanatos> <20130716235008.GC9371@thunk.org> <1374027494.2537.47.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-RwvCo3moaP1iRPJkiAXK" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-3 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.101 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-RwvCo3moaP1iRPJkiAXK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 20:02 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Ben Hutchings wrot= e: > > > > In fact, even in the pull request that's referenced here, Linus, you > > were polite but firm in your first two responses. When you're perfectl= y > > capable of doing that, why spoil it by adding insults? >=20 > Umm. Notice how the "Joseph" I replied to had deleted all the comments he= wrote? Sorry, that completely escaped me. > That should tell you something. I smacked down a troll. >=20 > If I was polite to you all those years ago, and I was polite but firm > in the two first responses, please give me credit for when I smack > somebody down. There may be a reason for it. The fact that the person > deleted his messages (or github deleted them for him - I have no idea > what their comment policy is) and you cannot see that context any more > online should not make you think that I suddenly went crazy. Unfortunately, it seems I'm not the only one to be confused by this. > Btw, since I get the github messages in email too, I have a copy. > Joseph replied to those "polite but firm" messages where I explained > exactly *why* I don't want to bother with github pull requests with > this gem: >=20 > "I did not realizes that Linus' shit does not stink. Thanks for > clearing that up..." >=20 > Quite frankly, I think I was quite polite enough. Exactly *because* I > had been polite but firm before that injection. >=20 > The fact is, I don't suffer fools nicely. I call it like I see it, and > I called him a moron for entering the discussion with a totally > content-free comment. >=20 > Feel free to disagree. Maybe you see some value in the troll comment? Indeed not. > And I somehow suspect that your message that I replied to back in 1999 > was somehow more relevant? Yes? No? Yes. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Humans are not rational beings; they are rationalising beings. --=-RwvCo3moaP1iRPJkiAXK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUAUeYMnOe/yOyVhhEJAQolphAAj/1wfT1JK4K7NWP4XyghFZLUM1i/1WBB H1lYoasXdidPRwZkp2OsjEyjIPkPJuLfYbCxdmN0SeAK3IxssdmTKAGWXtm1aK0M CKJjuiflVO4KCwWoxS/SaCkDRCfDYJQpqZe555ASXt247hwYhfmHNpz/CbS/ez9R qPQyte7kMqYNa3lmdvTkeRPvj2usmQfrLLxBY00h7NYhKz/zZO3R5ahidHXOF139 SsgYkn8fRavQhPuKeWaaFAR6UXARGr/SOHHUAqW27PVJAqNL02mHePw5o1WquGwW Zra6GD1HAwyw5u5jQZ11La0uh0MLGC79RP1hJJlGJP4slAD0picCpkXVyJnHfe90 L2f+lP3xJ48yPdqQGrDoMkyKDo/blGDHGJGWkxO98bMja88KLbMQwTtD49aNoO9W D2J+fy2hm2v29LWx1BEho11impp04rNuHNAbyfZraizhuY+6lTZN3BLShG1dBGU/ v1Cy0GHuWqsr2AYNpgbg3eeix6uoVDAkP6RUVLMfWdRjlAblXbwsMwxUvwnip4KL YTvl4TQeN/dT6eakL3oJN++rBhHE6ovWDA83AU2QiSHRmrHFZB4OfPZhLhJHjsTw yEW/NWp1pRjWi4FwW5ZCoE9P2PYQ1Zh1MLxs58molE8gd8g+YVs06nZ5OKcOrwe/ vEjWTMti8IE= =OzkH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-RwvCo3moaP1iRPJkiAXK--