Formal complaint , Re: Fix for wrong OOM killer trigger?

Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-09-19T21:06:10Z

Hello Dave , I am well aware that you are not the keeper of the
responsible individuals of the ilk that keeps this thread cropping
up every so often . Please have a few words with them .
Tia , JimL

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 10:01:17PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > Andrea - If you refuse to depend on closed software for a critical
> > part of your business, these links may be useful:
> > rsync.kernel.org::pub/scm/linux/kernel/bkcvs/linux-2.[45]/
> > http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/
> > svn://svn.kernel.org/linux-2.[46]/trunk
> > -------------------------
> >
> > Hope it's ok in terms of bandwidth now.
> >
> > And if you don't like the text I write in my signature, I'm sorry and I
> > would simply suggest you to not read it. If you need a marker to cleanup
> > it reliably just ask me and I'll be glad to add it. IMHO the value those
> > services provides is too high not to advertize them as much as I
> > possibly can.
>
> Then put the URL's in the FAQ and be done with it.
>
> I can assure you that the first time the CVS gateway has a problem it
> won't come back until you have stopped being rude. You do understand
> that the SVN and RSYNC data come from the CVS gateway and that the
> CVS gateway comes from BitMover and that all of this crap is hosted by
> BitMover, right? {cvs,svn}.kernel.org are cnames for kernel.bkbits.net.
>
> Here's a suggested replacement signature, it accomplishes your goal of
> advertising the services. Why this needs to be here and not in the FAQ
> is beyond me.
>
> /*
> * SCM access to the kernel
> *
> * BitKeeper: bk://linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.[45]
> * CVS: :pserver:anonymous@cvs.kernel.org:/home/cvs/linux-2.[45]
> * RSYNC: rsync.kernel.org::pub/scm/linux/kernel/bkcvs/linux-2.[45]/
> * Subversion: svn://svn.kernel.org/linux-2.[46]/trunk
> */
>

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