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On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 07:51 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:

> I don't believe this is that much practiced on LKML. I know at least
> one developer who does this, but he's probably the exception. I more
> often see counter proposals just as if two authors were fighting to
> get their patch merged.

And getting cursed out on LKML is also the exception and not the rule.
But it's the bad apples that seem to stand out. People say how horrible
LKML is, but as mentioned in the thread, Slashdot is a much worse place
to post than LKML. The difference with LKML is that you may deserve the
cursing you get.

-- Steve