• Linus Torvalds added hidden tabs to Kconfig to challenge parsers that can’t handle them.
  • Tabs were intentionally added to the common Kconfig file for page sizes to expose faulty parsers.
  • Torvalds believes parsers unable to handle tabs shouldn’t be parsing kernel Kconfig files, aiming to force fixes.
  • rollmagma@lemmy.world
    341·
    2 年前

    Wow, super newsworthy. Even included some bs about “colorful language”. Can’t let a thing like that go by without trying to entice some internet drama.

    • JoYo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 年前

      these days i think the only reason people want open source is to air the dirty laundry of software development

    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
      3·
      2 年前

      It’s from Phoronix. This is kinda what they do. It’s not worthy of the front page of the Wall Street Journal, but then, no one said it was…