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Well...this debate always seems to come down to...do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. The answer is...I am not sure. Either way, there are

Well...this debate always seems to come down to...do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. The answer is...I am not sure. Either way, there are many decisions that people make that comes down to style preference and sure the 'purists' might think it is a watering down of programming....but it makes it more appealing to new developers. I can see Torvalds ranting on Ruby as not a 'real' language....I don't know if he has done so...but I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

bmelton 14y ago
In this particular case, nobody's coddling him because he's a genius, but because it's his repository that he's talking about whether or not to accept pull requests for. Simply put, he has a rigid standard for pull requests, and GitHub isn't capable of adhering to it, so he can't (without making an exception) accept pull requests using the tool. The rest of his ranting is mostly subjective, but I do find it amusing that pull requests in the number 1 git hosting service don't meet the creator's muster, and I'd love to know the reasoning behind their implementation. For what it's worth, I didn't know of the in-built git pull request and I'm an avid Github user (though not submitting Linux kernel patches,) so in the spirit of optimism, airing this rant was informative to at least me, and probably many others.
ori_b 14y ago
> Well...this debate always seems to come down to...do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. The answer is...I am not sure. Feel free to try stopping them. I can't imagine that they'd care much, and you'd find yourself ignored rather quickly.
sixbrx 14y ago
> do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want Today, he wants to manage his own repository with the vcs he created, in his own way, but tomorrow! - who knows if we don't stop him, probably rape and murder! We can't just let him do whatever the hell he wants!!!
spin 14y ago
> do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. I have to say, I am both bemused and slightly offended by your comment. Are you suggesting that famous people don't have a right to Free Speech? > The answer is...I am not sure. Well, I'm glad you've taken it upon yourself make this important decision for them.
tomp 14y ago
> do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. The answer is...I am not sure. Hm... how about letting everybody do whatever the hell they want??

bmelton 14y ago

In this particular case, nobody's coddling him because he's a genius, but because it's his repository that he's talking about whether or not to accept pull requests for. Simply put, he has a rigid standard for pull requests, and GitHub isn't capable of adhering to it, so he can't (without making an exception) accept pull requests using the tool. The rest of his ranting is mostly subjective, but I do find it amusing that pull requests in the number 1 git hosting service don't meet the creator's muster, and I'd love to know the reasoning behind their implementation. For what it's worth, I didn't know of the in-built git pull request and I'm an avid Github user (though not submitting Linux kernel patches,) so in the spirit of optimism, airing this rant was informative to at least me, and probably many others.

ori_b 14y ago

> Well...this debate always seems to come down to...do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. The answer is...I am not sure. Feel free to try stopping them. I can't imagine that they'd care much, and you'd find yourself ignored rather quickly.

sixbrx 14y ago

> do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want Today, he wants to manage his own repository with the vcs he created, in his own way, but tomorrow! - who knows if we don't stop him, probably rape and murder! We can't just let him do whatever the hell he wants!!!

spin 14y ago

> do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. I have to say, I am both bemused and slightly offended by your comment. Are you suggesting that famous people don't have a right to Free Speech? > The answer is...I am not sure. Well, I'm glad you've taken it upon yourself make this important decision for them.

tomp 14y ago

> do we let geniuses just do whatever the hell they want. The answer is...I am not sure. Hm... how about letting everybody do whatever the hell they want??