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posted by chromas on Monday September 17 2018, @12:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the intervention!-intervention! dept.

Linux 4.19-rc4 Released As Linus Temporarily Steps Away From Kernel Maintainership

Linux 4.19-rc4 is out today as the very latest weekly development test kernel for Linux 4.19. It's another fairly routine kernel update at this stage, but more shocking is that Linus Torvalds will be taking a temporary leave from kernel maintainership and Greg Kroah-Hartman will take over the rest of the Linux 4.19 cycle.

Following the recent decision to change the location of the Linux Kernel Summit after Torvalds accidentally booked his flights to the wrong dates/location, plus other discussions happening recently, Linus Torvalds is taking a temporary leave. "I am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people's emotions and respond appropriately," he wrote as part of today's 4.19-rc4 announcement.

So it begins.

Also at ZDNet.

The Linux kernel has adopted a new code of conduct. The link to the code of conduct is here.

It seems Linus Torvalds is also taking a break from being the top kernel maintainer.

The short story is Linus screwing up his scheduling to the Linux maintainers conference which was entirely rescheduled around his mistake. Then he was approached by people who are concerned about his blunt (or some consider rude) comments on the kernel dev mailing list.

I, personally, will miss Linus and I hope he gets things figured out.

The Register:

Linux kernel firebrand Linus Torvalds has apologized for his explosive rants, and vowed to take a break from the open-source project and seek help.

In a mailing list message on Sunday, Torvalds admitted his "flippant attacks in emails" to fellow Linux programmers and project contributors "have been both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal ... I know now this was not OK and I am truly sorry."

"I need to change some of my behavior," he added, "and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely."

Torvalds, who created the Linux operating system kernel in 1991 and has overseen its development ever since, also promised to take a breather from the project – like the sabbatical he took to create Git – and do some self-reflection to, well, be nicer to everyone.

Elon Musk was in the news recently for blowups, as well. Should technology professionals make stress management and interpersonal skills part of their professional regimen, for their own long-term personal and professional health?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @04:31PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @04:31PM (#736036)

    Just because he's Linus, it doesn't always mean he knows best, as you have shown.
    There's some Peottering crap in Linux that never should have been let in, and if I were in charge, it wouldn't have been.
    So, respect, but he's not infallible and Linux has its fair share of junk in it.
    Anything that gets larger and larger will eventually turn into mediocrity; it's the Law of Large Numbers. At best you can just delay it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @04:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @04:36PM (#736038)

    Sorry, parent was meant to be in reply to this comment:

    "What's always concerned me is the trust Linus puts in Greg Kroah-Hartman. He seems to be pretty big on systemd. For example he was one of the only kernel folks that seemed to be in favor of putting that kdbus mess in the kernel. Virtually all the kernel devs clearly thought it was a train wreck. It apparently was, which is why...as far as I know...kdbus doesn't even exist any more. He comes up on the Gentoo forums a lot. Every time there's something ugly going on he seems to be part of it."