> Can you imagine if there were no consequences for submitting shitty code to the Linux kernel team.

Why do there need to be consequences? Can't the maintainers simply ignore shitty code?

> You'd have every first year college student trying to get their name on the mailing list with some crappy commit that adds no value and only takes time away from meaningful work.

Trolls could already do this if they want. In fact, getting a rise out of Linus would be a troll's dream. Instead, the team could (should) simply ignore shitty code. Am I missing something?