Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (930 mails)

[Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Administrator
<admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > What do you think about them, Jan?
> > > > > To any casual observer, the lkml response quoted was
> > clearly rude -
> > > > > if it is repeated, it is repatedly rude, yes.
> > > >
> > > > Casual observers cannot estimate the impact. Were it not
> > for Linus's
> > > > comments, there would be a more nonsense in the kernel.
> > >
> > > Sure, but that's not up for discussion.  Are you saying that to a
> > > regular observer Linus' comment was not rude??
> >
> > I am saying that an casual reader may be unable to understand
> > that it is this talk style that leads to the quality thing
> > Linux is today.
>
> Even the experienced reader will have problems.  His style of talking is
> just bullying.  It's intended to shock and frighten, not to inform and
> educate.  I'm sure his assessment of the quality of the code was right, as
> was his decision to object.  He could have said the code was below an
> acceptable standard, but chose to call it crap to insult and belittle the
> contributor.  That's bullying.
>
> David

I personally hope the opensuse community and board feels that style of
communication is in violation of the guiding principles.

If so, I see little reason to continue discussing this aspect of how
communication is done on the LKML lists, regardless of how it may or
may not have been instrumental in creating the linux kernel.

(I obviously like the technical methodology used by those lists.  It
is the style I find incompatible with the guiding principles.)

Greg
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