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I think the kernel developers got on pretty well for all those years and managed to put a pretty good product together, despite the big rotten head. And Linux d
by Y_Y 5y ago
I think the kernel developers got on pretty well for all those years and managed to put a pretty good product together, despite the big rotten head. And Linux distro maintain patchsets, but they're against mainline, that's a very salient difference here. They still start from whatever upstream publishes, they're not so upset by swearwords that they took a snapshot at Linux 2.4 and only add their own code on top of that.
- zxzax 5y agoThe point there is, while some negative attitudes may not be preventing other projects from using the code, they do prevent the project from growing, and it leads to fragmentation, which I believe they are seeking to minimize. So something has to give.
- Y_Y 5y agoThat's fair and I don't disagree. Personally I never tell anyone to fuck off, but humility prevents me from assuming Linus is wrong for doing it.