Linus Torvalds is a man of many emotions. At times, he’s got a great sense of humor – he did just name the 3.11 Linux kernel ‘Linux for Workgroups’, after all. Other times, and especially if you’re a developer making his life harder, he can be less-than-pleasant, as has been evidenced time and time again. As much as I respect Linus, I’ve long believed that it wouldn’t hurt to tone down his aggressiveness just a wee bit, and now, it’s become clear that I’m not alone.
On the official Linux kernel mailing list yesterday, Linus (perhaps jokingly) suggested that another developer should learn to become a “real threat”, and “sometimes swear a bit”. He continues, “That will cut your mailqueue in half, promise!” Intel kernel contributor Sarah Sharp was having none of that…