Status of Bugzilla #1153

[Simon Vallet]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 07:46:06AM +1100, Darren Tucker wrote:
> Simon Vallet wrote:
> > Come on now -- let's quit this this useless ranting. I'm not whining
> > here : I experienced a problem with the way OpenSSH sets DISPLAY, I
> > notified the developpers, and I even provide a fix.
> 
> No, you provided a patch (which is more than many people do, so for 
> that, thank you) but whether or not it's a fix is still indeterminate.

Hmmm -- I wasn't aware of this subtle difference -- OK, 
let's make it a patch, then

> 
> > The general Unix philosophy is to give anyone enough rope to hang
> > itself -- and actually there *are* some people who enjoy to get "hurt"
> > that way.
> 
> Sure.  But we try to avoid hanging innocent bystanders at the same time :-)

That goes without saying.