> Thinking of literally starting a Linux maintainer hall of shame. Not for public consumption, but to help new kernel contributors know what to expect.
> Every experienced kernel submitter has this in their head, maybe it should be finally written down.
> Okay I literally just started this privately and the first 3 names involved are all people named variants on "Christ". Maybe there's a pattern here... religion secretly trying to sabotage the Linux kernel behind the scenes???
> Edit: /s because apparently some people need it.
Steve Klabnik and much of the Rust community vehemently defending and justifying Hector Martin's actions here and elsewhere.
Rust proponent organizing social media brigades and making lists of people to target, apparently for harassment:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/2/6/1292
> Technical patches and discussions matter. Social media brigading - no than\k you.
https://archive.md/rESxe
> Thinking of literally starting a Linux maintainer hall of shame. Not for public consumption, but to help new kernel contributors know what to expect.
> Every experienced kernel submitter has this in their head, maybe it should be finally written down.
> Okay I literally just started this privately and the first 3 names involved are all people named variants on "Christ". Maybe there's a pattern here... religion secretly trying to sabotage the Linux kernel behind the scenes???
> Edit: /s because apparently some people need it.
Steve Klabnik and much of the Rust community vehemently defending and justifying Hector Martin's actions here and elsewhere.
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Attempted murder against a Rust critic:
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Swatting-Open-source-developer-...
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-dev-swatte...
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