Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933008Ab3GQSqb (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:46:31 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:40097 "EHLO mail-la0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755738Ab3GQSq3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:46:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F31C8FE9D@ORSMSX106.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <20130715204135.GH15531@xanatos> <1373926109.17876.221.camel@gandalf.local.home> <20130715223615.GI15531@xanatos> <20130716211235.GG4994@xanatos> <20130716221821.GB21611@1wt.eu> <20130716223957.GJ4994@xanatos> <51E5DB59.2050209@schaufler-ca.com> <20130717010244.GM4994@xanatos> <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F31C8FE9D@ORSMSX106.amr.corp.intel.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:46:28 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] How to act on LKML From: Felipe Contreras To: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Sarah Sharp , David Lang , "ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Darren Hart , Olivier Galibert , Ingo Molnar , stable , Casey Schaufler , Linus Torvalds , Willy Tarreau Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2137 Lines: 47 On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Luck, Tony wrote: >> Those are just stories; things that happened. What you need to provide >> is *evidence* that if the community changes, things will be better, >> and unless you have a study of series of collaborative groups like the >> Linux kernel, that demonstrates that suppressing swearing has a >> positive effect in the community, I'd say all you have is an >> *opinion*. > > 1) There isn't going to be any hard evidence - this isn't a physics problem, > or even an engineering problem. It's a social problem. There are no other > collaborative groups sufficiently similar to the Linux kernel community, so there > are no studies that would be relevant. Asking for the impossible is just a > lame delaying tactic. There is evidence for social problems and their solutions, but anyway, so in fact Sarah doesn't *know* if changing that behavior would be beneficial or detrimental to the project. > 2) Sarah hasn't even asked to cut down on the swearing - so why mention > it at all? Did you even read the thread? She didn't ask, she essentially demanded[1]: > I want everyone (including Linus) to be harsh with code but gentle with people. Let's call things by their name; Sarah doesn't know if what she wants will help the project, she merely thinks so. It is merely an **opinion**, it is not backed by evidence, and it might be shared by some Linux developers, but it's still just an opinion. Linus already said he is not going to change, so that's that. Now the only thing that remains open is the discussion about better ways to work together, which probably will happen in the kernel summit, but I think it's pretty clear that an official code of conduct that forbids insulting either people or code is out of the question. Cheers. [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.stable/58443 -- Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/