Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754209Ab3GWBmM (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:42:12 -0400 Received: from mail-qc0-f181.google.com ([209.85.216.181]:39423 "EHLO mail-qc0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753961Ab3GWBmL (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:42:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [50.78.240.110] Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:42:09 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review From: Regina Obe To: linux-kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3119 Lines: 68 I wanted to take Sarah up on her offer to pay my respects for the great work she is doing to bring civility to the LKLM community as detailed in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137390362508794 Linus, I want to start off by saying, though I'm mostly a windows developer, I've gained a whole new level of appreciation for you, with the very professional way you have handled Sarah's pleas for civility and professionalism. I hope you don't think of "professionalism" and "civility" as dirty words, because I certainly did not mean it that way. I have tried to express my own feelings in the most professional and civil way I could muster in this article http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/311-In-defense-of-being-blunt-and-to-the-point.html . I want to first say that while Sarah does not speak for me, and I suspect she does not speak for all minorities, females, and the poor down-trodden developers in your ranks that have had their feelings torn apart by your less than kind words, I do still appreciate her great efforts to bring civility to LKML. You go girl, Sarah -- keep fighting the good fight, we are with you - both men and women. I do hope your efforts do not make it difficult for women to distinguish criticism from platitudes. Perhaps some day, Sarah, your dream will come true and you can be a top tier committer as you stated in your moving up the career rank comment. http://sarah.thesharps.us/2013/07/15/no-more-verbal-abuse/#comments You won't even have to work for it, because Linus will be so scared of you he'll just hand it over to you and accept any patch you give him. Please don't take my above statement as an accusation that that is what you are doing. That is not at all what I meant. I just meant to say that if you wanted to exercise that option, you are in a good position to. Consider it just my suggested career advice just like the wonderful career advice you have given to other women in your blog http://sarah.thesharps.us/2013/06/23/dont-be-a-jerk/ . I do have one final request. If you do succeed in your quest for civility and professionalism, please do try to keep the office politics where they belong, in the office. I'd still like to think there is still some semblance of openness after you are done with your restructuring. I want to thank you one more time for the great work you have done bringing this GREAT INJUSTICE to our attention. I certainly would not have discovered it without all the great accolades you have won for this from both men and women http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-07/22/sarah-sharp . You must be some kind of wonder woman. I am so very very appreciative that there is a woman out there willing to stand up to Linus verbal abuse and fight for those who are too afraid to stand up for themselves. You are just SO *fucking* cool. YOU GO GIRL SARAH. Thanks, Regina Obe -- 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/