On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 16:59 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 11:34 -0400, Kristian Høgsberg wrote: > > It's pretty normal to see opponents of a decision like this complain > > loudly when it lands on their system, whereas the silent majority in > > favour will be happy to see the change finally implemented but reluctant > > to stir up the discussion again. > > > > I don't think new arguments are brought to the discussion, just new > > people, who are temporarily inconvened by a change towards sanity. > > Nice emotive response, especially the subtle but unsubstantiated 'silent > majority in favour' bit -- but you forgot the part where you were > supposed to actually point out a tangible benefit which is achieved by > breaking compatibility like this. Oh get off your high horse, this entire thread is pretty much all bullshit and emotions. Not every arbitrary decision deserves to be set in stone and be defended under the banner of backwards compatibility. Kristian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
