Linux 4.19 - Hackdot

Re:Linux 4.19 by orivej on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:09AM (#18273662)

Here is a good starting point to research the critique of this document: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12004#note-6 . Its point is particularly apt:

> Given a choice between only two extremes, I'd far rather have Linus Torvalds telling me I'm an idiot and my code is shit, then exist in an offense taking culture where various forms of criticism are re-branded as "harassment."

However, the Linux copy has cut one of the more malicious paragraphs: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

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Re:Linux 4.19 by 0xfeeddeadbeef on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:54AM (#18273888)

I would like to extend this point: "I'd rather have Linus Torvalds telling me I'm an idiot and my code is shit, than ... releasing kernel with my shitty code and EVERYONE thinking that I'm an idiot".

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Re:Linux 4.19 by elcomet on Monday October 22, 2018 @09:37AM (#18274511)

But this is a false dichotomy.

They could just refuse your code without calling you an idiot.

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Re:Linux 4.19 by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:49AM (#18275070)

Of course there exist examples of Linus calling or even implying that individual people / organisations are "idiots" and they are wrong (and he has acknowledged this). But in the vast majority of cases the criticism is aimed at the code itself and I genuinely don't see the issue with this.

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Re:Linux 4.19 by elcomet on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:48PM (#18277761)

Neither do I

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Re:Linux 4.19 by TeMPOraL on Monday October 22, 2018 @09:14AM (#18274334)

> ... releasing kernel with my shitty code and EVERYONE thinking that I'm an idiot

Or, "releasing kernel with my shitty code and ruining the day for a lot of people."

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