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Here's Linus' opinion on Github pull requests https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5654674 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomm

Here's Linus' opinion on Github pull requests https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5654674 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56546... I wonder how critical the HN community would have been if the exchange was with a female programmer? If you read the exchange, you'll see other commenters defending Linus' blunt responses. Linus was harsher than David or Steve, he called the pull requester a moron.

thisone 14y ago
Many people also disagree with Linus' approach to criticism and disagreement. Many people also white knight Linus. This isn't a boy/girl thing. We are an industry that often prides itself on being hurtful to people we disagree with. It's my opinion that it's possible to have a strong opinion and strength of conviction without being purposefully rude.
shocks 14y ago
Linus didn't say "This is shitty code, no.". Linus said "I don't accept GitHub pull requests for these (logical) reasons. Please use the official route to send me a pull request." This is a completely different thing to what happened here.
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- lewispollard 14y ago
  I think it's referring to the later posts in the thread, such as: "Btw, Joseph, you're a quality example of why I detest the github interface. For some reason, github has attracted people who have zero taste, don't care about commit logs, and can't be bothered. The fact that I have higher standards then makes people like you make snarky comments, thinking that you are cool. You're a moron. Linus"
pimentel 14y ago
But in this case, Heather didn't ask those guys to use her code. They just decided to have some fun at some code totally unrelated to them. Not even explaining what's so funny. In that pull request Linus actually explains quite extensively why he doesn't accept it.
- d23 14y ago
  It's also a large organization that rightly should be open to criticism for the sake of improvement, not a single programmer working on a personal project.

thisone 14y ago

Many people also disagree with Linus' approach to criticism and disagreement. Many people also white knight Linus. This isn't a boy/girl thing. We are an industry that often prides itself on being hurtful to people we disagree with. It's my opinion that it's possible to have a strong opinion and strength of conviction without being purposefully rude.

shocks 14y ago

Linus didn't say "This is shitty code, no.". Linus said "I don't accept GitHub pull requests for these (logical) reasons. Please use the official route to send me a pull request." This is a completely different thing to what happened here.

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lewispollard 14y ago
I think it's referring to the later posts in the thread, such as: "Btw, Joseph, you're a quality example of why I detest the github interface. For some reason, github has attracted people who have zero taste, don't care about commit logs, and can't be bothered. The fact that I have higher standards then makes people like you make snarky comments, thinking that you are cool. You're a moron. Linus"

pimentel 14y ago

But in this case, Heather didn't ask those guys to use her code. They just decided to have some fun at some code totally unrelated to them. Not even explaining what's so funny. In that pull request Linus actually explains quite extensively why he doesn't accept it.

d23 14y ago
It's also a large organization that rightly should be open to criticism for the sake of improvement, not a single programmer working on a personal project.