> The Linus Torvalds "we do not break the user-space, ever" mantra should be a best practice for every open source programmer I think that has to forever live

> The Linus Torvalds "we do not break the user-space, ever" mantra should be a best practice for every open source programmer I think that has to forever live in tension with its opposite. I mean, every opensource project also lives or dies based on the volunteered time of its maintainers. If "being be idealistic and silly" is needed to keep maintainers around, then its not silly.