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As a user and downstream developer, I'm glad that the Linux maintainers are committed to maintaining a sound architecture.

The idea that they need to be more polite about rejecting low quality work is puzzling to me.

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What is puzzling to me is the idea that being rude contributes anything to the cause of maintaining a sound architecture.

As far as I can see, if you have to say "no" doing so politely has no downside, whereas behaving like this clearly has some.

Some people don't "get it" unless you at least try to appear rude. It's possible to waste a lot of time by not properly telling people off.

In my experience being clear is always enough here, being rude is not needed.

An “impolite no” is not just a ‘no’, and it’s the latter that was required and not the former. He could have ‘recommended’ that the whole patch-set be re-architected to avoid depending on the proprietary module. There was really no need (or any excuse really) for being so coarse.

>need to be more polite about rejecting low quality work is puzzling to me.

First, it's not low quality

Second, for sure you have to be polite if you don't pay him (but even when you do, you should)

Third, imagine a 16yo get smashed like that (not that i say he is) and what a devastating and demotivating thing that could be...welcome to the linux world

Overall, those Superstar Linux dev's are mostly ignorant borderline autistic assholes who can't develop a good Filesystem like XFS or ZFS from scratch, then moan about Nvidia, but work on a computer with around ~100 proprietary systems called firmware. One accusing the OpenBSD peoples for being masturbating security Monkeys just to say (4-6 years later) that they where right (a super rare occasion for a linux super star). You know what i like to say? FUCK YOU LINUX, FUCK YOU GNU (but not grep...gnu grep is nice)

You are right, it's not low quality, it's high quality attack on whole culture.

But please come up with real examples, did linux devs ever like "smashed 16yo"?

Also, why don't you set an example and express yourself politely too?

>Also, why don't you set an example and express yourself politely too

Because i can:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caOq2rDe_C0

EDIT: Oh yeah a attack on a culture...what culture? The Fuck you NVIDIA but we send you firmware because otherwise nothing will work? That Culture?

Imagine believing that Linux has a "sound architecture".

Imagine believing in it's not.

Imagine being a fanboy.

Hehe...Cheers buddy.

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