Re: CFD: linux-wanking@vger.kernel.org (was [PATCH] Standard indentation of arguments)

[Rene Herman <rene.herman@keyaccess.nl>]

On 21-05-08 23:12, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Wed, 21 May 2008 23:08:29 +0200
> Rene Herman <rene.herman@keyaccess.nl> wrote:
> 
>> I do not for a minute believe that any serious developer is going
>> to shy away from submitting serious code due to an alignment patch
>> getting a cynical slapdown.
> 
> Well you should.  One person makes a mistake and gets horridly 
> treated in public and this will make others fear the consequences of 
> any mistake they might make.

I myself tend be rather apprehensive about making an ass of myself in 
public as well but the only thing I'm taking away from this particular 
thread is that not everyone is going to appreciate argument alignment 
patches. So I'll not submit those. Maybe I'll go to work on rewriting 
the VM now...

> This could have been handled better, don't you think?

I'm not sure. Triggered myself into this thread mostly due to recent 
pussy-footing around another culturally biased developer in a thread I 
was in and the most definite impression I got there  was that if it had 
been me, I'd have been mightely offended. No greater offense than people 
believing they need to fight your fights for you.

Yes, by now I feel sorry for the poor chap that submitted the patch and 
now has to sit through this thread and I'd definitely like you even more 
than I already do (kissy!) if you'd just pick up the bloody thing but 
telling the Linux citzenship that they can't be... open would be taking 
too much away I feel.

Rene.