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Some people can put up with constantly being called an idiot/retard/moron/whatever. Others don't want to or can't. Should we exclude the latter?

• mschuster91 11y ago
  Linus only calls people idiots and morons when they submit code with issues, so yes, we should exclude those who fail to live up to coding standards.
  • coldpie 11y ago
    You must be a joy to work with.
    • mschuster91 11y ago
      We're not talking about a mobile app running in layers of sandboxes. We're talking about kernel space code, the most sensitive area in computing. And it's shipped to literally billions of devices, many of them not updated even once in their lifetime. If it takes a couple devs leaving in order to maintain security for the inarguably most shipped piece of software, be it. I know I'm by no means a perfect coder, so I leave my fingers off kernel code. With kernel code, I carry responsibility, and part of acting responsibly is leaving my hands off stuff I don't understand!
  • drdeca 11y ago
    Do you mean those who fail to <perfectly live up to coding standards, every single time>? Or is there a tolerance level for imperfectly meeting standards, below which it is not necessary to exclude? I mean, you could, I suppose, require that submissions all include a coq proof of correctness (and of meeting standards), and then you wouldn't have to respond to submissions not meeting standards at all; any that didn't just wouldn't go through. (Angle brackets meant to reduce ambiguity)