&gt; I don&#x27;t know about the specifics talked about here<p>The specifics matter a lot here. ESR was trying to get his patchset for his rather complex configuration&#x2F;menu language into the kernel (to be used to configure kernel configs&#x2F;options) which seemed to have to do more with ESR&#x27;s need to be perceived as a &quot;kernel hacker&quot; rather than any concrete problem. Fortunately, Linus said no. ESR responded with some weird tirade which had nothing to do with the matters being discussed. Luckil