On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> A collegial work environment is overrated, and proof of that the Linux >> kernel, where honest and straight talk is the bread and butter of the >> mailing list. > > An aside, since it doesn't bear too much on the topic at hand: > > For what it's worth, in my experience the people working on the kernel > are quite sensible and friendly on-list.
They are professional. When they need to be straight-forward, they are, even if that hurts the feelings of the colleagues. > Probably you are referring to some high-profile cases of flames, No, I'm not. Heated discussions happen all the time, specially when the issue at hand is important. > I do not think the way the list works normally is a > counterexample to common decency being useful. Of course you wouldn't, but you are purposely ignoring the facts. The Linux kernel mailing lists concentrates on *the code*; he who writes the code has a voice, he who only has words doesn't. Personal beefs are not relevant. When there's something horribly wrong with the code, so are the responses. > So no, I don't find "But they are mean, and look how well they are > doing!" to be a compelling argument here. Because you dismiss the premise a priori. -- Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
