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Thanks to tglx
1. The whip is one of the important maintainer tools. If stinking trout does not work, use whip
2.  A good maintainer never rejects his own patches.
3. A maintainer is good by definition
4.  Maintainers are lazy and therefor delegate the ugly work to contributors

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Thanks to tglx
Rule #1: Pinhead is always right
Rule #2: If for some reason pinhead is not right, see rule #1

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There have been some interesting flames I have been seeing on the LKML. These brought me about to the most important rule on the LKML.
Rule -1:  Don’t piss off the big guys unless you have a good enough reason.
And a corollary to Rule -1: No reason is good enough to piss of the big guys.

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