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Unpopular opinion: People here seem to be overreacting when Linus Torvalds thinks this is not a big deal. https://itwire.com/open-source/torvalds-says-submitti
by x3__ 5y ago
Unpopular opinion: People here seem to be overreacting when Linus Torvalds thinks this is not a big deal.
https://itwire.com/open-source/torvalds-says-submitting-known-buggy-patches-is-a-breach-of-trust.html https://itwire.com/open-source/torvalds-says-submitting-know...
- shkkmo 5y agoLinus doesn't say it isn't a big deal, he says the technical impact of the incident is not high. The reason this is a big deal is the violations of ethics and the breach of trust, not the technical damge to the source code, all of which Linus acknowledges.