From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30104 invoked by alias); 21 Jul 2004 03:21:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 30093 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2004 03:21:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO aragorn.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.23) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 21 Jul 2004 03:21:11 -0000 Received: from zaretski ([80.230.155.169]) by aragorn.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.6-GR) with ESMTP id DVX65290; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:20:59 +0300 (IDT) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 03:21:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) Message-Id: <9003-Wed21Jul2004061952+0300-eliz@gnu.org> CC: mec.gnu@mindspring.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: (fche@redhat.com) Subject: Re: [patch/copyright] lib/java.exp: update copyright years Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20040719213256.177364B104@berman.michael-chastain.com> X-SW-Source: 2004-07/txt/msg00275.txt.bz2 > From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) > Date: 20 Jul 2004 17:22:02 -0400 > > I am surprised to see how much effort is being expended on this, and > how tiringly verbose it is. This is like putting a long-winded > ChangeLog message together for every spelling correction in a comment, > then posting the patch, then discussing it for a while to debate > English versus American spellings. Process rigidity run amok! I'd suggest to think again. As paranoiac as this looks at first glance, if the Linux kernel developers did something remotely paranoiac since day one, they wouldn't be facing the ridiculous SCO/MS lawsuits these days. They seem to understand this now (contributors are nowadays required to sign papers), but it's too late.