From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mchehab@infradead.org
Subject: Re: default y idiocy
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 21:45:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070512194510.GR4629@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0705122135510.9570@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
On Sat, May 12 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> On May 12 2007 21:27, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >On Sat, May 12 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >>
> >> On May 12 2007 20:23, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >> >Hi,
> >> >
> >> >This has bothered me for a long time, and it just seems to be getting
> >> >worse. Can people please STOP defaulting non-essential stuff to 'y'?
> >> >Grrr.
> >>
> >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/8/76
> >
> >Sorry, I don't buy that reason at all - it's a short term advantage,
> >causing long term pain. It's not what we have done in the past, don't
> >start doing crap like that now.
>
> Right, I shall create some patches to revert that and send them off
> to Linus ASAP.
Thanks!
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-12 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-12 18:23 default y idiocy Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 19:22 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-12 19:27 ` Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 19:37 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-12 19:45 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2007-05-12 20:14 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-13 0:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2007-05-12 20:09 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-12 20:09 ` Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 19:58 ` Simon Arlott
2007-05-12 20:05 ` Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 20:56 ` James Bottomley
2007-05-13 16:46 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-12 21:14 ` Satyam Sharma
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