On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Stephen Frost wrote:
>
> > This isn't about control. It's about succuming to one man's desires
> > instead of considering the impact of such a change based on its technical
> > worth.
>
> Because I want to prevent improper use of the SPEC, I am wrong!
It doesn't mean you're wrong. It does mean that the change needs
to be considered and tested, not just thrown in due to paranoia.
> The technical worth is that it is done correctly, and the impact of not
> doing so is a kernel that is flawed! So it does not matter that a soon to
> be released 2.4.0 has a flaw that allows abuse of the ATA SPEC and can
> hurt users.
As root you can do alot worse things that hurt users. When the
kernel does *exactly* as root requests I have a hard time seeing it as being
flawed.
> You win, I am an idiot for ever trying to explain this to all the mental
> giants here.........
Insults aren't going to help.
> USE the SHEILD or DIE, I can offer nothing else.........
False dilema. Will you *please* quit with the threats? All they
are doing is damaging your case.
Stephen
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