Re: -mm -> 2.6.13 merge status

Theodore Ts'o
2005-06-25T21:08:57Z

On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 12:23:41PM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
> >>
> >> assert("trace_hash-89", is_hashed(foo) != 0);
> >>
> Lots of people like corporate anonymity. Some don't. I don't. I like
> knowing who wrote what. It helps me know who to pay how much. It helps
> me know who to forward the bug report to. Losing your anonymity
> exposes you, mostly for better since more communication is on balance a
> good thing, but the fear is there for some. I don't think we can agree
> on this, it is an issue of the soul.

Fallacy.

The assert doesn't tell you who is at fault; it tells you who placed
the assert which triggered; it could have triggered due to bugs caused
by anyone, including the propietary binary-only module from Nvidia
which the user loaded into his system....

- Ted