[MODERATED] Re: Date/Time?

[Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>]

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On 05/21/2018 03:48 PM, speck for Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Mon, 21 May 2018, speck for Greg KH wrote:
> 
>> Before an hour ago, I didn't know what "keybase" was.  Now that I do 
>> know, I have no idea how in the world anyone submitted kernel patches 
>> using it for ARM people to be basing their code on.
> 
> If Thomas wouldn't set up this list, apparently everything would be 
> happening just on this keybase (whatever that is). I was a bit shocked in 
> the early phases indeed.

> I find it rather ironic that for discussing stuff that allows external 
> websites to steal encryption keys from your browser ... you use ... 
> *drumroll* ... external website :)

Let's skip the FUD tho. It's not a "website". It's an open source
end-to-end encrypted chat application. Its purpose was never to share
patches anyway, just for coordination of issues (you can attach files,
but that was only for convenience). Keybase also wasn't my idea, but I
don't have a problem with it as a useful means of getting many parties
collaborating on coordinated disclosure (think of it as IRC but with an
attempt at actual security that Google, Intel, and others were ok with
using). At the same time, it's great tglx setup this list for Linux
patch discussion. They aren't both trying to solve the same thing.

Specifically on the other arches, at the time they needed to know what
to work on, there was no mailing list anyway (this list wasn't setup for
v4 specific discussion at that time, so those folks could not have been
added to it anyway). They received a copy of the work in progress, by
email as well, and were part of the ongoing discussion so did know each
time Konrad mentioned an updated patch was available. Various of us also
sent copies of the patches. Folks certainly knew who to ping for help.

Regardless of how things should or should not be done, folks were
certainly well aware that things were coming today, months ago.

Jon.

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