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He is a rude person. Look at his comment in the same thread: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5659970 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/p

by chatman 13y ago

He is a rude person. Look at his comment in the same thread: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5659970 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56599... He says: "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"

hannibal5 13y ago
But is he right? Why should we not spit on people who don't care about commit logs. When Linus is insulting person, that stings a while. Shitty developer is insulting and harassing everyone day by day. Being honest and aggressive is way to get people change their behavior or leave. I'm not saying that Linus is right here. I'm just pointing out that rudeness can be the right way to deal with people who don't take a hint.
javis 13y ago
The Linux Development Community is known for being overly aggressive. Torvalds more than most. If you say something stupid or do anything wrong, they will hate for for it and call you an idiot. It's not necessarily a bad thing. I guess it may help prevent lesser programmers from contributing code to the kernal.
- hannibal5 13y ago
  When properly done, aggressiveness and cursing at people is way to emphasize things. In the scale of emphasis it falls somewhere below passive aggressive and using all caps. Here is the example sentence in standard hacker rudeness scale: 0. Please fix this. 1. Fix this now, you moron. <-- Linus 2. I guess, we don't use this until you find way to fix this. Maybe I help with FreeBSD project meanwhile. 3. I need you to fix this NOW. 4. I NEED TO YOU TO FIX THIS NOW! 5. I NEED YOU TO FIX THIS NOW, MORON!

by chatman 13y ago

hannibal5 13y ago

But is he right? Why should we not spit on people who don't care about commit logs. When Linus is insulting person, that stings a while. Shitty developer is insulting and harassing everyone day by day. Being honest and aggressive is way to get people change their behavior or leave. I'm not saying that Linus is right here. I'm just pointing out that rudeness can be the right way to deal with people who don't take a hint.

javis 13y ago

The Linux Development Community is known for being overly aggressive. Torvalds more than most. If you say something stupid or do anything wrong, they will hate for for it and call you an idiot. It's not necessarily a bad thing. I guess it may help prevent lesser programmers from contributing code to the kernal.

hannibal5 13y ago
When properly done, aggressiveness and cursing at people is way to emphasize things. In the scale of emphasis it falls somewhere below passive aggressive and using all caps. Here is the example sentence in standard hacker rudeness scale: 0. Please fix this. 1. Fix this now, you moron. <-- Linus 2. I guess, we don't use this until you find way to fix this. Maybe I help with FreeBSD project meanwhile. 3. I need you to fix this NOW. 4. I NEED TO YOU TO FIX THIS NOW! 5. I NEED YOU TO FIX THIS NOW, MORON!