From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423452AbXD3P5o (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:57:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423479AbXD3P5n (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:57:43 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([65.172.181.25]:34343 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423452AbXD3P5f (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:57:35 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:56:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Uwe Bugla cc: hermann-pitton@arcor.de, mkruky@linuxtv.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mrechberger@gmail.com Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Re: Critical points about kernel 2.6.21 and pseudo-authorities In-Reply-To: <20070430151938.66670@gmx.net> Message-ID: References: <20070429182209.267430@gmx.net> <20070429205925.129920@gmx.net> <20070429230037.95120@gmx.net> <1177894713.3046.5.camel@pc06.localdom.local> <20070430110255.267000@gmx.net> <20070430123716.119970@gmx.net> <20070430151938.66670@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Uwe Bugla wrote: > > "If you want to change something, it's not fine to be entirely polite all the time:" "entirely polite all the time" is totally different from "cannot _ever_ be polite". Also, quite frankly, in order to be impolite, you have to build up a certain amount of street-cred first. For example, Al Viro can afford to be very abrasive, because he's pretty much shown over the years that every single time he flames somebody, he's right. Anyway, I'll get out of the discussion. There's clearly some personality issues in the DVB area, and I don't know quite _why_ that is, but Uwe, you're definitely not helping. Linus