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posted by CoolHand on Monday May 08 2017, @04:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the alzheimer's-coc dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 09 2017, @03:49AM (5 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @03:49AM (#506732) Journal

    Linus usually criticize on what people do, in code not who they are from what I read?

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  • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Tuesday May 09 2017, @05:58AM (4 children)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @05:58AM (#506767)

    Who you are is reflected in your code.

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 09 2017, @06:23AM (3 children)

      by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @06:23AM (#506774) Journal

      I think I'll not fully agree with that. Coding is something I do, I'm not my code. I can change if there's a improvement to be had.

      • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:07AM (2 children)

        by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:07AM (#506780)

        Just as an artist is not his/her/its art. The art can evolve and change due to outside influence and experience. Just like the artist him-/her-/itself.

        • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:28AM (1 child)

          by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:28AM (#506781) Journal

          I think the art is what the code accomplish.

          • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:39AM

            by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:39AM (#506783)

            Now we're really going meta :)

            What I was trying to get at is that if you get bitched out for lousy code, it's probably easy to take it personally because it's a reflection on yourself. Whether the code is bad because of inexperience, laziness or downright incompetence, in many cases the criticism will not be perceived objectively regardless of how PC it was phrased. Offense isn't just given, it also has to be taken.