Re: -mm -> 2.6.13 merge status

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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
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