Re: [PATCH] Stop scaring users with "treason uncloaked!"

Alan Cox
2008-12-18T22:49:30Z

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:44:32 +1100
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:

> Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote:
> > These debug messages are uninformative and extremely alarming. Rather
> > than reporting a peer as a treacherous attacker, report it more
> > correctly as simply broken.
>
> What's next, you're going to remove "printer on fire" as well?
> This message has been there for eons and is part of Linux lore.

It was changed. The printer on fire ? bit was adjusted to make it clear
because the original message *did* confuse and worry a few people.

IMHO Matt is right on this.

Alan