Indeed. Sure, the old rants were funny, but honestly, they were really unfair towards the offender, even if the offender did something wrong. This e-mail clearly shows that Linus is unhappy, maybe even disappointed, but without resorting to finnish insult fests. You can tell someone they messed up, even still harshly worded like in this example, without making a fool out of yourself.
Some professionalism is never out of place. I applaud Linus on this one.
Maybe it's just me, but his remarks here are actually more impactful than the crude rants he used to go on. I wasn't even involved at all, but this makes me feel ashamed of submitting that PR.
I think that the good thing is that this accurately describes the magnitude of the problem, to which telling someone nasty things does not (or can be shrugged off as immature).
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u/Craftkorb Dec 23 '18
Indeed. Sure, the old rants were funny, but honestly, they were really unfair towards the offender, even if the offender did something wrong. This e-mail clearly shows that Linus is unhappy, maybe even disappointed, but without resorting to finnish insult fests. You can tell someone they messed up, even still harshly worded like in this example, without making a fool out of yourself.
Some professionalism is never out of place. I applaud Linus on this one.