On kernel mailing list behavior [LWN.net]

On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 17, 2013 21:34 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: On kernel mailing list behavior by khim
Parent article: On kernel mailing list behavior

A lot of folks will think it's not relevant, but it's still amusing to consider that the second of Linus's rants (the one toward Rafael) was a complete mistake on his part. The regression he was cursing about did not exist...

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On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 17, 2013 21:51 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Sure - and both sides apologized in the end. Rafael apologized for his "but it's a fix" explanation (which is quite obviously is not a justification for regressions) and Linus apologized for his rant.

But Linus reacted on the facts he had at the time and it surely looked to him like a totally crazy idea: we don't tolerate regressions is pretty well-established rule of kernel development and only few very serious things can affect it. "But there is ready-to-use-exploit in the wild" may qualify while "but it's a fix" does not - and Rafael should know that, he's not a newbie at this point!