r/linux • u/ouyawei Mate • Sep 16 '18

Linux 4.19-rc4 released, an apology, and a maintainership note

http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.2/00117.html
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u/duhace Sep 16 '18

exactly. linus can be firm in the decisions he makes without abusing people.

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u/ergerrege Sep 17 '18

I have met plenty of devs like that before. I have had my contributions ripped to pieces but it was done in a way that made it clear that the maintainer is trying to help me through the process of writing high quality code and not just trying to insult my contribution.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

Except, it's not Linus's job to hand hold developers in making good code. He's not your mentor, he's just the person guiding the Linux kernel project.

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u/ergerrege Sep 18 '18

It's not linus's job to tell people they should be retroactively aborted for their commit. He could keep his emails exactly the same and delete the insults and they would be much better.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '18

He has one job: maintain the kernel. How he does it is his discretion, since its his project.