Last week, Phoronix broke a story about the kernel DRM group over at FreeDesktop.org submitting a pull request for their code of conduct to be included in the kernel docs for the DRM subsystem. The next day it was merged.
I'm particularly interested in if they think this will keep Linus from saying hurtful things to them over lousy code. Discuss.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday May 08 2017, @08:51PM (1 child)
As I explicitly said, that sort of communication should be appropriate.
The problem is that some people just can't handle declined affirmation. Be it snowflake or someone with high position in a established company that just can't hack it that a 16 year old with pimples smack their fingers at security.
As soon as there are rules. There will also be people that find all kinds of "bu-but you broke rule 2.4.34. section z five days ago!". In the larger society they are called lawyers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @10:04PM
> The problem is that some people just can't handle declined affirmation.
I don't think you intended to go meta with your response.
But you sure did.