linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 14/15] lib: replace **** with a hug

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1811302048500.18805@gjva.wvxbf.pm>
Date:   Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:49:28 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 14/15] lib: replace **** with a hug

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

> > Since the code has been greatly modified since that comment was added,
> > I would say the comment is simply out of date.
> > 
> > Just nuke the comment, and that will be an accurate change with or
> > without CoC.
> 
> For both patches, actually, I'd much rather see either deletion or a
> rewrite over bleeping out words that somebody might not like.

Exactly. Turning comments into something that often doesn't make sense to 
anybody at all is hardly productive.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs