Re: more devfs fun (Piled Higher and Deeper)

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:11:12 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Richard Gooch wrote:

> Alexander Viro writes:
> > So far all I see is that beating you hard enough in public can make
> > you fix the bugs explicitly pointed to you. That's it. As far as I
> > can see you don't read your own code, judging by the fact that every
> > damn look at fs/devfs/base.c shows a new hole within a couple of
> > minutes _and_ said holes stay until posted on l-k. Private mail
> > doesn't work. You read it, reply and ignore. About hundred
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > kilobytes of evidence available at request.
>
> You don't get to see the bug reports or questions I respond to which
> are sent to me privately or on the devfs list (I know you're not
> subscribed:-). And you seem to have forgotten that I've responded to
> questions or bug reports *from you* that you send privately to me,

I see what made its way in your code and your changelog. As far as I
can see nothing contradicts description above.

1) You are maintainer of that code.
2) Couple of minutes of reading through it is enough to find a new hole.
3) There are dozens of such holes.
4) They had been there for years.

Conclusion:

You either can't see that stuff at all or you don't bother to spend even
minimal time looking for bugs.

See the problem with that situation?

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