Just my €0.02, but i think it's precisely the "new ones" that should be treated carefully. The kernel (or whatever other FOSS project) won't develop itself, so it's purely economically bad strategy to scare off newcomers who might well turn out to be very talented devs. Aside from the economics, it's also simple civility to not shout at people if (you believe) they're idiots.

I agree with you about treating newcomers nicely, but do note "having a new one teared" is an expression that doesn't refer to new people :)

Right, i totally didn't parse that sentence correctly on account of not being familiar with the (arguably distasteful) idiom. Thanks for the clarification, though.