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Why? It signals that they respect Linus's feelings (and they really don't want to piss him off), which seems quite mature and de-escalative to me.

• riku_iki 3y ago
  language is confrontational and impersonal.
  • tommica 3y ago
    Curious, what kind of response in your opinion would have been better?
    • riku_iki 3y ago
      you can rewrite the same phrase in more polite language: "sorry, I didn't expect so much push back, I sent these changes with good intentions only".