Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:49:05 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Stop scaring users with "treason uncloaked!" |
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:44:32 +1100 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote: > > These debug messages are uninformative and extremely alarming. Rather > > than reporting a peer as a treacherous attacker, report it more > > correctly as simply broken. > > What's next, you're going to remove "printer on fire" as well? > This message has been there for eons and is part of Linux lore.
It was changed. The printer on fire ? bit was adjusted to make it clear because the original message *did* confuse and worry a few people.
IMHO Matt is right on this.
Alan
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