Comment on Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestionparentComments−solarkraft2yWhy? It signals that they respect Linus's feelings (and they really don't want to piss him off), which seems quite mature and de-escalative to me.−riku_iki2ylanguage is confrontational and impersonal.−tommica2yCurious, what kind of response in your opinion would have been better?−riku_iki2yyou can rewrite the same phrase in more polite language: "sorry, I didn't expect so much push back, I sent these changes with good intentions only".
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Why? It signals that they respect Linus's feelings (and they really don't want to piss him off), which seems quite mature and de-escalative to me.
language is confrontational and impersonal.
Curious, what kind of response in your opinion would have been better?
you can rewrite the same phrase in more polite language: "sorry, I didn't expect so much push back, I sent these changes with good intentions only".