Anonymous Coward
Re: Oh I don't want to feel bad
That's because the article is glossing overstreet's persistent refusal to follow basic patch submission procedures, along with his high-handed approach to any criticism of his behaviour or submissions.
The article tries to frame it as a clash of personalities, as if it's an entirely subjective emotional issue on the part of the kernel developers, but the reality is that overstreet is (perhaps deliberately) refusing to conform to the technical requirements for participation. //
wpeckham
Missing the point
Developers made two points here and most comments ignore both.
#1 Development in a company is driven by projects and dollars. Development in the Kernel is driven by community! A toxic member of the community cannot be, and should not be, trusted.
#2 To a developer features are a nice ting to pursue, but the gold standard involves correctness, elegance, and MAINTAINABILITY! You might like that greater feature set, but if it does not integrate with existing code safely or does not present in a way that the other developers can maintain then it is a trap. Using bad or misleading code is to set landmines on your yard. Don't.
Choices must be made, and making them in a way that supports and strengthens the community, the philosophy, the standards, and the product is always the RIGHT choice. Even if you do not like it.
And does it really matter if a feature takes and extra cycle to implement to make sure everyone is happy with it and the way it is implemented? It never really has before, so why now? I am willing to wait for it to be done RIGHT, instead of just fast!
