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Eh it’s better, but don’t kid yourself, it’s still pretty terrible. Still too aggressive, still too personal. The reprimand part of this email really shouldn’t
by polishTar 8y ago
Eh it’s better, but don’t kid yourself, it’s still pretty terrible.
Still too aggressive, still too personal. The reprimand part of this email really shouldn’t have been made public. The tone used was not necessary to convey the ideas he was trying to communicate.
Don’t get me wrong, the lack of direct insults/namecalling is definitely an improvement, but I’d personally still hate to work with someone who chooses to communicate to their subordinates this way.
- Valmar 8y agoThis is better than his old style. If Linus doesn't put his trusted submaintainers into line, they'll think they can violate core rules of kernel maintenance ~ something as bad breaking userspace. Linus was right to reply exactly the way he did for such breakage. There's nothing terrible about reprimanding someone you trusted, especially in front of everyone else. Helps to tell people to not repeat this level of mistake.