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Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor (www.theregister.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Linus Torvalds criticized a Google contributor on the Linux kernel mailing list for his suggestions about filesystems.
The debate centered around the use of inodes as unique identifiers for metadata on a filesystem.
Torvalds's strong language and tone in his response to the contributor were reminiscent of his past flippant attacks, for which he previously apologized.

Archive link: https://archive.ph/LP24s

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Boom, Rostedt.

I'm pretty surprised it was this guy; he's pretty senior and has a ton of experience.

Linus could have shown a bit of leniency this time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Linus does that only to experienced guys - not beginners. People who should know better.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No. He couldn't. I have yet to read a Linus rebuke that wasn't him educating someone as to how and whether they should have known better due to experience .. or arrogance (systemd).

[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago

From what I've seen: Linus didn't ever typically rip into first time contributors, it was usually always the people that he either expected better of or people that just kept submitting crap after crap.

Still sucks to be on the receiving end of it though.