Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] writes:
Except that in this case virtually everyone agreed the default was wrong. I
already said that.
Clarly you didn't read the relevant discussions where everyone, including Linus
Torvalds, agreed. Did you?
My recollection is that everybody agreed that the default was
wrong. I do not think I saw everybody agreed the patch you are
championing is the right solution to solve that problem.