Very Truly Yours,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Treahy <treahy@mmaz.com>
To: Jeff Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com>
Cc: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>; Barrett G. Lyon <blyon@netpr.com>;
<linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?
> I believe you've missed a couple of the well articulated points; that is
that
> people are working hard to present Linux as an acceptable component in
corporate
> environments and that anything which casts a negative impression about the
Linux
> makes it much harder to fight corporate bean counters that own MicroSloth
stock.
>
> This isn't an issue of morals and you should keep your personal slams to
> yourself, this is a matter of business and trying to make successful
inroads
> with powerful tools that we all recognize have value. Childish statements
and
> actions, or in this case profanity, do nothing but foster an attitude for
those
> Windoze folks that Linux shouldn't be taken seriously.
>
> Whether you like it or not, there are agendas out there and anything that
can
> give a product a black-eye will be used to distract or diminish the
perceived
> quality or viability in a corporate environment.
>
> Barry
>
> Jeff Merkey wrote:
>
> > Who cares! Profanity is like sex, death, and taxes -- it's a part of
life.
> > Don't you guys have something more constructive to focus on, like
getting
> > real work done to make Linux better? If folks don't like it, then they
> > should join Jerry Falwell's Radio Preacher "moral majority" club or
> > something. As swamped as I am with Linux work, I'm surprised folks out
> > there have enough idel time on their hands to banter this type of stuff.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
> > To: Barrett G. Lyon <blyon@netpr.com>; <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 10:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?
> >
> > > > >This topic came up several times before, and the result is that
> > > > >arbitrary censorship of code/comments is not going to happen. The
> > > > >only exception is in kernel messages which can reach the user in
the
> > > > >message logs, and those have been cleaned up.
> > > >
> > > > Not that I care.. but.. :
> > > >
> > > > ./net/core/profile.c: printk(KERN_CRIT "Yep, guys... our
> > template
> > > > for proc_*_read is crappy :-)\n");
> > > > ./drivers/net/sdladrv.c: printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Damn...
> > > > Adapter won't start!\n",
> > > > ./drivers/isdn/isdn_common.c: printk(KERN_ERR
> > > > "isdn_common: isdn_poll 1 -> what the hell\n");
> > > > ./drivers/isdn/isdn_common.c: printk(KERN_ERR "isdn_common:
isdn_poll
> > 2
> > > > -> what the hell\n");
> > > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: "
> > > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: printk("SHIT[%s:%d]: "
> > > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c:
printk("instruction_access_exception:
> > Shit
> > > > SFSR[%016lx] SFAR[%016lx], going.\n",
> > > > ./arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c:
printk("data_access_exception:
> > Shit
> > > > SFSR[%016lx] SFAR[%016lx], going.\n",
> > >
> > > Proposed config option:
> > > CONFIG_ENABLE_PROFANITY
> > > =)
> > >
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