Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
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Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#2This is on the milder end of the spectrum when it comes to Torvalds’ flames. And I’d argue it’s not entirely undeserved.
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#3At least the maintainer gets paid handsomely to put up with that kind crap. Otherwise, I think I would throttle Linus through the screen.
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#4This is on the milder end of the spectrum when it comes to Torvalds’ flames. And I’d argue it’s not entirely undeserved.
Really? I mean even if that guy was sneakily trying to implant a bug, I still couldn’t talk to him like that.
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#5He's been better in recent memory but this definitely recedes a bit into his prior unhinged territory. Good luck, Steven, wherever you are.
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#6I like someone that direct and opinionated leading something as critical as the Linux kernel.
That message wasn't just for Steven, but for everyone else who contributes to this critical piece of software we rely on. It's usually very easy for standards to slip, so it requires constant resistance in the opposite direction
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#7I would take it as a point of pride to be on the receiving end of one of Linus' rants. If I have his attention and he is even looking at something I wrote, it lets me know I made it :)
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#8They should be flamed. As a Google kernel contributor they aren't a noob and they should know better.
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#9This is very uncharacteristic of the direction Linus was heading. Damn, Steven must have seriously fucked up.
>You copied that function without understanding why it does what it does, and as a result your code IS GARBAGE. AGAIN.
I generally believe in positivity but if I saw this as his direct report I'd move him to another project ASAP to get scrutiny on his code quality.
Re: Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion
#10I would take it as a point of pride to be on the receiving end of one of Linus' rants. If I have his attention and he is even looking at something I wrote, it lets me know I made it :)
Linus gives these rants (largely) not to people who make mistakes, or who aren't smart, but people who are thoughtless - people who demonstrate that they don't really care, or just are there to drive-by fix Their Thing without any care about the kernel as a whole or how it will affect other people. That's what makes him Mad more than anything else, and that's definitely not the kind of contributor I'd want to be