Bug report out of context: Harcy handling of /dev/sd? devices is unacceptable

[Derek Broughton]

Alan E. Davis wrote:

> This response typifies those I've received on this list.  Arrogant and
> self contained.

If that's the way you react no wonder you don't get replies you like.

> I had made a note to myself not to respond.  I hope it will clear up a
> couple of issues if I do address some of your points, however:

LOL
 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> wrote:
> 
>>  Doesn't it strike you that it's a pretty small
>> percentage of us who would _have_ mixed PATA/SATA drives on our systems?
> 
> 
> No.

Jeez.  How many of us even have _multiple_ drives?  Let alone mixed
PATA/SATA.  Sorry, it's just simply a very small subset of users, and you
can't expect a lot of us to have experience with your issue.

>> Not a problem.  Use UUID or LABEL for mounting.  Reassigning /dev/hda
>> drives
>> to /dev/sda isn't an Ubuntu problem - it was mandated by kernel changes.
>>
> 
> I don't believe you.

There's only one possible reaction to this.  I really couldn't care less if
you want to disregard the truth.  We're done.

<plonk>

-- 
derek