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A tempest in a tty potA tempest in a tty potPosted Jul 29, 2009 17:36 UTC (Wed) by adicarlo (subscriber, #8463)Parent article: A tempest in a tty pot
This is a case where Linus came down too hard on Alan. He swung the axe, not on the basis of lack of work, lack of progress, or any technical issue whatsoever. AFAICT, Linus stomped based only on his perception of Alan's attitude.
Sure, I understand why Linus would do that. He has to cope with bug denial from hackers and maintainers all the time. Yet it seems to me he's started to develop a hair-trigger towards developers complaining about the abuses of userspace.
Sure, Alan grumbled about the behavior of TTY consumers in the wild. Even so, he never showed any resistance to fixing these issues. My perception is that things had been moving along well, with regressions being closed left and right.
IMHO, I think Linus should "man up" and offer an apology.
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A tempest in a tty pot Posted Jul 30, 2009 0:22 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] Agreed. After all, Alan has been working on the Linux kernel for what, fifteen years? (Maybe longer.) While I often find value in Linus' pearls of wisdom (often told with an acerbic but magisterial tone), I am troubled by how he snubbed Alan this way. I pray and hope that the two of them can work out their differences of opinion as (1) our editor has already pointed out that the TTY code is a harsh beast, and (2) Alan is (was) at least willing to try to tame it.
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