common A posting intended to trigger a flame war, or one that invites flames in reply. See also troll. (From ESRs Jargon file, see: JargonFile:FlameBait)
What are some examples of flame bait within the Apache community?
send email to general@jakarta.apache.org "Why do we still have this ridiculous JakartaVelocity project? JSP long superceded it!" cc: Velocity while you're at it!
send email to community@apache.org "Of course I see the need for a wiki... I actually write documentation. Of course, I'd probably write less if I had a book deal too."
send email to community@apache.org "I must be the master Perl programmer because I'm actually DOING something, you all must just be all talk." (like I did)
[For the rest of the clueless people, the last 2 were completely a joke. I listed my own emails and labeled them as flamebait.]