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Linus actually commented on this lack of identity handling in 2012 in his famous explanation of why he doesn't use GitHub: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pul

by jrv 11y ago

Linus actually commented on this lack of identity handling in 2012 in his famous explanation of why he doesn't use GitHub: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17 "since github identities are random, I expect the pull request to be a signed tag, so that I can verify the identity of the person in question." And: "github throws away all the relevant information, like having even a valid email address for the person asking me to pull."

ultramancool 11y ago
Yeah, the GPG signing support in Git would be the best solution to this, unfortunately GitHub doesn't offer integration for that.
- deleted 11y ago
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- akshatpradhan 11y ago
  Maybe this is where Keybase.io could come in?
undrcvr-lagggal 11y ago
He called github "braindamaged". Isn't that against the CoC?
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > He called github "braindamaged". Isn't that against the CoC? So, you think he violated a Code of Conduct that did not exist at the time, in the course of explaining why he was not a user of the service (so that any Code of Conduct for that service would not apply to him even if it existed.)
  - undrcvr-lagggal 11y ago
    Making the violation before it's formalized does not necessarily excuse it. Perhaps proper action is to remove the full post or specific parts.
  - lern_too_spel 11y ago
    He's making a sarcastic reference to this recent incident: https://b0wie.s3.amazonaws.com/second-response-full.jpg https://b0wie.s3.amazonaws.com/second-response-full.jpg.
    - imrehg 11y ago
      I wonder what would happen if I push some electromagnetic calculations to Github (I'm a physicist): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retarded_potential https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retarded_potential
      - stefantalpalaru 11y ago
        You can't win an argument against people who gave up on logic.
- thomasfoster96 11y ago
  Who knows, but further down when he calls someone a moron and starts a little rant surely breaks any form of code of conduct.

by jrv 11y ago

ultramancool 11y ago

Yeah, the GPG signing support in Git would be the best solution to this, unfortunately GitHub doesn't offer integration for that.

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akshatpradhan 11y ago
Maybe this is where Keybase.io could come in?

undrcvr-lagggal 11y ago

He called github "braindamaged". Isn't that against the CoC?

dragonwriter 11y ago
> He called github "braindamaged". Isn't that against the CoC? So, you think he violated a Code of Conduct that did not exist at the time, in the course of explaining why he was not a user of the service (so that any Code of Conduct for that service would not apply to him even if it existed.)
- undrcvr-lagggal 11y ago
  Making the violation before it's formalized does not necessarily excuse it. Perhaps proper action is to remove the full post or specific parts.
- lern_too_spel 11y ago
  He's making a sarcastic reference to this recent incident: https://b0wie.s3.amazonaws.com/second-response-full.jpg https://b0wie.s3.amazonaws.com/second-response-full.jpg.
  - imrehg 11y ago
    I wonder what would happen if I push some electromagnetic calculations to Github (I'm a physicist): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retarded_potential https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retarded_potential
    - stefantalpalaru 11y ago
      You can't win an argument against people who gave up on logic.
thomasfoster96 11y ago
Who knows, but further down when he calls someone a moron and starts a little rant surely breaks any form of code of conduct.