Subject: Re: [RFT 2/4] Add mod_timer_noact

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:56:16 -0800

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:47:41 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <[email-masked]> wrote:

> From: Peter Zijlstra <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:42:27 +0100
> 
> > Can we please leave it at this, the technical issue seems to be delt
> > with. You and Ingo seems to have a gift to rub each other the wrong way,
> > it would be grand if you could both try to be a little forgiving and
> > just focus on the code/technical issues which makes Linux to what it is,
> > technically excellent ;-)
> 
> Like it or not, open source development is as much about people
> and their personalitites as it is about technical issues.
> 
> So every timeone someone says to concentrate on the technical
> issues and get past the personalities, they really are missing
> the point, and at best are being naive.
> 
> The Linux kernel has been shaped by overtly emotional discourse and
> personal interaction as it has been by any technical achievement.

Everyone, please read and internalize what Matt had to say.
He is right, the community needs to learn how to review:
   
http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/constructive-criticism/