Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec: fix breakpoint_invalidate() breakage

[TeLeMan]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 05/24/2012 02:42 PM, Stefan Weil wrote:
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>> Am 24.05.2012 20:36, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
>>>
>>> On 05/24/2012 01:12 PM, Stefan Weil wrote:
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>>>> This discussion looks strange for me.
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>>> I'm not going to commit patches with a Signed-off-by if I know the name
>>> is an
>>> alias.
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>>> DCO requires the use of a real name. DCO is an important part of ensuring
>>> the
>>> pedigree of a code base just like copyright licensing.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Anthony Liguori
>>>
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>> As I wrote in my previous mail, (personal) names are not absolute,
>> but influenced by cultural facts.
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> I understand this.  And this is why I generally don't challenge the names
> people use with Signed-off-by.  But when someone says that what they're
> using is not their legal name and they will not share their legal name, I
> have no choice but to not take patches from that person.

I am a Windows researcher and not familiar with Linux, Git, GNU, etc.
I can't make a big contribution, so I don't care if applying my patch.
I just hope the bugs will be fixed ASAP.  I had pointed out which
commit introduced this bug. I thought this obvious issue would be
found out easily by diff. But at the first time, Avi didn't reply me
even if he was active until now.


> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
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>> DCO was something written by
>> lawyers from the western culture where individual personal names
>> exist since some time and where these names are usually
>> more or less constant during the life of a person. AFAIK,
>> DCO was introduced for legal reasons (SCO => DCO).
>>
>> It would be interesting to know how many names used in Linux
>> commits since DCO are faked real names. Without enforcing
>> certified signatures, enforcing "real names" (that's names which
>> look like some name you know) does not really ensure something.
>> Nor does the requirement of a valid mail address.
>> It is only an alibi pedigree.
>>
>> Even in America and Europe, the concept of a "real name" is
>> rather new (only some hundred years old), and there still exist cultures
>> without personal names. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name
>> for more information. People change their name even today when
>> they migrate from one country to another (many US immigrants did
>> this, too) or when they change their religion (remember Cassius Clay?).
>>
>> Nevertheless I can understand that you are bound by the requirements
>> of your employer.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve (that's the name by which I was called when I was a youngster)
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