Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] How to act on LKML (was: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review) | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:01:05 +1000 |
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On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 10:14 +0400, James Bottomley wrote: > > OK, I am stupid enough to take a stab at this... > > > > 1. Does the Linux kernel community's health depend on the occasional > > rant? [My guess is that we simply have no way of knowing. > > That said, I would be interested in hearing specific examples > > of open-source communities that are as doing as well as is the > > Linux community and that live within stricter social mores. > > Cue arguments about exactly what "doing well" means...]
My little personal opinion (that nobody probably cares about :-) is that the occasional Linus rant is a good thing. It keeps people like me in check :-)
More seriously, the rant when I screw up is generally deserved, and the "idea" of the possible rant (I prefer not using threat) is actually a strong motivator to get things right.
Ie. It's a *very good* barrier against maintainers sliding into sloppyness. Really, it works. At least with me.
It's easy to take things a bit too much for granted, especially when you maintain your own little corner of the world.
Cheers, Ben.
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