Sharp: Closing a door [LWN.net]

Sharp: Closing a door

Posted Oct 6, 2015 12:25 UTC (Tue) by hitmark (guest, #34609)
In reply to: Sharp: Closing a door by dskoll
Parent article: Sharp: Closing a door

That page seems to limit themselves to showcasing only the "naughty" lines, and fail to present the context etc that preceded the rants.

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Sharp: Closing a door

Posted Oct 6, 2015 14:30 UTC (Tue) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] (4 responses)

Maybe, but I cannot think of any circumstance under which I would tolerate an employee going on such public rants. It's just childish and rude behavior.

Sharp: Closing a door

Posted Oct 6, 2015 14:50 UTC (Tue) by andresfreund (subscriber, #69562) [Link] (3 responses)

I'd not talk like that, and I'd have problems accepting some of those directed towards me (and obviously also others). But maintaining a one-sided character assassination page isn't exactly proper behaviour either.

Sharp: Closing a door

Posted Oct 6, 2015 19:43 UTC (Tue) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] (2 responses)

Yes, maintaining a page of rants is slightly unfair. But it's par for the course, especially if you're a celebrity (which Linus Torvalds is in our little world.) We're in the middle of an election campaign in Canada and several candidates have been brought down by people digging up embarrassing Twitter or Facebook posts from their past. That's just how it works.

Sharp: Closing a door

Posted Oct 6, 2015 20:22 UTC (Tue) by andresfreund (subscriber, #69562) [Link] (1 responses)

I don't find the status quo, especially not politics, a good argument here. Otherwise there'd be no need to discuss the communication style in communities either.

Most of the examples where Linus lashes out I in a totally over the top manner, seem to be in cases where the code of conduct *he*sees as a given is violated. Asking for a merge of non compiling or completely broken code, arguing for breakaging userspace, sidestepping procedures and so on. It often seems line both sides of this discussion don't try to understand the other.

Sharp: Closing a door

Posted Oct 7, 2015 2:47 UTC (Wed) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

That's fine, but if Linus wants to lash out in that way he should compose the email and then delete it. Or at most send it to the person he's mad at. Not publish it on a public mailing list.