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    Linus does not fuck around (lemmy.one)
    submitted 11 months ago by AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.one to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] hottari@lemmy.ml -2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    You are missing the forest for the trees. The question is, did Mauro become a better kernel contributor/programmer?

    [–] excitingburp@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago

    As of 2017 he still contributes and said "it's fun." I assume he did.

    But even Linus has since admitted that his behavior was unacceptable.

    [–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I don't think I am missing the forest. There's not an issue with the idea of correcting a developer, but there is an issue in the way the correction was carried out. Just because something behaves "better" after punishment doesn't mean the punishment was good. Ends justifying means and all.

    [–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    That's very "ends justify the means" of you. No, that's not the question here. Linus could have gotten the same results without the yelling and insults. You do not need either of those to be direct, assertive, and clear on what the issue is, something that Linus has since learned

    [–] hottari@lemmy.ml -2 points 11 months ago

    Both Mauro and Linus are human. I trust them to be so. I don't get the point of endlessly pontificating about human quirks & behavior, we are all not assembled from the same factory. And we all grow and we learn. No one's perfect.

    Plus, your argument fails to address the main issue here, Mauro needing to realize that he needs to improve in order to continue contributing to a project shared among many people and one passionately guarded by Linus as his baby.