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> they tried to fix "borken" to "broken" and the maintainer was not happy […] this does come down to not being familiar with this particular bit of slang - but
by TimWolla 5y ago
> they tried to fix "borken" to "broken" and the maintainer was not happy […] this does come down to not being familiar with this particular bit of slang - but they push back and argue a bit which doesn't help
I did not know "borken" either, but I am aware of "borked" and "broken". Based on that email thread someone else already attempted to fix this in the past.
Maybe it's an indication that the so-called "joke" is not actually funny and it should be adjusted to either "borked" or "broken" to not cause others to send the same fix?
- Tainnor 5y agoAgreed. While the kernel developers can obviously do whatever they want in terms of in-house jokes, the claim that "this is just normal usage, Google it" is a bit ridiculous. They could have just said, "we know it's wrong, we just thought it's funny". ("Borken" is a city in Germany, that's my only association with it )
- TimWolla 5y ago> ("Borken" is a city in Germany, that's my only association with it ) Being German myself it's also the plural of "Borke" (i.e. the "bark" of a tree): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borke https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borke
- Tainnor 5y agoI can't remember every saying or reading / hearing anything that involved a multitude of barks though, hence why, having lived in NRW, that association is still more prominent in my mind.
- dyingkneepad 5y agoThey could also say "this is just a trap to waste the time of people who want to increase their Kernel commit counts. try again".
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