On kernel mailing list behavior [LWN.net]

On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 17, 2013 23:43 UTC (Wed) by jubal (subscriber, #67202)
In reply to: On kernel mailing list behavior by mjg59
Parent article: On kernel mailing list behavior

And now she's getting flak on her personal e-mail and blog because – as a woman – she dared to challenge the god and saviour of the unwashed brogrammer herd.

Eris, how incredibly annoying are the misogynists…

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On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 19, 2013 16:02 UTC (Fri) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link] (1 responses)

Umm, in all fairness -- while Linus _has_ written some rather harsh emails when encountering stupid (in his opinion) code, the specific email which Sarah replied to and which to her suggested "advocating violence" (a) was rather mild in comparison and (b) IMHO suggested nothing of the sort. Not when taken in context.

I'd compare this to a policeman who repeatedly watches somebody run a red light, and then that same policeman gives me a citation because my bike's back light blinks (this is not allowed in Germany).

I would not have much respect for this policeman and, if this pattern persists, for the police in general -- no matter what other good/necessary stuff they do for society otherwise.

On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 19, 2013 22:04 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

> I'd compare this to a policeman who repeatedly watches somebody run a red light, and then that same policeman gives me a citation because my bike's back light blinks (this is not allowed in Germany).

I don't think that this is a great analogy. In the LKML case, there's a "straw that broke the camel's back" effect whereas the police officer is closer to cherry picking their citations. Should Sarah have waited for a "Top 10" rant to raise the issue? Replied to one of the older "Top 10" rants? I don't think either of those options are necessarily better.