Words of wisdom... ----- Forwarded message from Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----- > Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:34:39 -0800 > From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:28 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Netlink socket dumping is now supported for UDP and AF_UNIX sockets > > thanks to Pavel Emelyanov. > > .. and this is such a magically important feature that it has to be > enabled by default? > > It's something that has never been supported before, how did it > suddenly become 'default y' after twenty years of not even being an > issue? > > It's a disease, I tell you, to think that new features are important. > Stop it. Tell people you take patches from to stop it. If we haven't > needed them before, they sure as hell aren't suddenly "Say Yes if you > don't know" material. > > Please fix this, but more importantly, please try to fix *people*. So > I don't have to always react to the stupid new "default y" options. > > Linus > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
