Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Stop scaring users with "treason uncloaked!" | From | Matt Mackall <> | Date | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:06:13 -0600 |
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On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 09:44 +1100, Herbert Xu 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.
No one has printer ports any more so it hardly seems worth the trouble.
Most people won't actually think their printer is on fire. But most people WILL think there is serious cause for concern when they see this for the first time in dmesg. Many will search the net for explanations and come away confused and not entirely reassured. And at least one clueless guy will call the police because he still thinks he's under attack.
Now that certainly fits my definition of amusing and if my goal for Linux was to amuse myself at the expense of users, I'd be all for keeping it[1]. But perversely, I actually want users to enjoy their Linux experience.
[1] Hell, I'd probably even get them to use git. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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