From all the open source contributions, we know Kenneth enough that he's not trolling. Thus I say assume that he misread the Linus discussion and leave it at th

From all the open source contributions, we know Kenneth enough that he's not trolling. Thus I say assume that he misread the Linus discussion and leave it at that. He was trying to make a point and picked the wrong example. The core of his argument is what's important. He has contributed countless open source tools and libraries, many of which are highly coveted. This is the sort of individual the Python community should (and does) treasure. The other day however he released a tool and was then essentially "teased" about the quality and size of the contribution on Twitter. I think the person doing the teasing realised later this was a mistake as that whole discussion is gone now (from both sides) but I'm sure for a day or two Kenneth was downright depressed. The person doing the prodding is well known and was someone Kenneth respects. Constructive criticism from someone you respect is amazing but non-constructive criticism from that same person is debilitating. The core concern is that words can hurt and prevent future contributions to OSS, especially if the unkind words are from someone you respect in the open source community.