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One would think that would make the front page, but nope. Went into submission limbo.

It made the front page, you didn't pay attention. Try to do better next time.

Wrong. It didn't make the front page. Someone's attempt to shoehorn it into an interview on being a woman in tech made the front page, with ESR's post mentioned as a weird random aside -- a month after the fact.

ESR's claims were the story.

Instead, Slashdot went for an interview with someone about what they felt about that story.

Because remember, when the founder of Linux and arguably one of the most important figures in Open Source is apparently the target of a misandric hate-hob attempting to frame him for attempted rape, accusations of which are brought forth by one of the other most important figures in Open Source, the important thing to do is not report on that, and instead ask someone what they think about it instead.

Lets also not forget that Sarah Sharp, one of the people on the board of the Feminist group apparently attempting to frame Linus, was the one who had a very public (and very faked) fainting couch moment when Linus apparently blocked their attempts to frame him by never being alone, claiming he was mean on the LKML and being mean on a mailing list is the same as physical violence. At which point it stops being just "Oh look ESR is crazy" and more "Oh look, there's an organized effort to drive Linus off the project."

You didn't pay attention. Try to do better next time.

At least they have the new code of conduct for the new SJW kernel ready to go

http://sarah.thesharps.us/2015...

Thats from a person that just yesterday claimed 'she is done and out and will stay off the keyboards and internets for a while because feelings'

Trigger warning: your fucking head will likely fucking explode

There is a place for profanity laced arguments. There are times when the cluebat need to be applied. They should be the exception and preferably done in private. The problem comes when every discussion quickly devolves into name calling and profanity.

It is the exception though. LKML runs around 5000 messages a week and this sort of "Linus is mean" drama only comes up a few times a year if that. It's by no means every discussion. Linus has over 800 posts to the mailing list this year, which comes to somewhere around four a day assuming he's not working 7 days a week. All the examples I've ever seen have been preceded by much more polite conversation or have been flagrant violations of well known kernel dev policies by people who definitely should know better (such as the two cases Ms. Sharp specifically picked out a few years ago).

In at least one documented case with her Linus actually did take it off-list and she brought it back in to the public.

Just because a woman has brought it up does not make it a gender issue. In the end this is not a man or woman issue it is a civility issue.

You say this, but then you follow it up with making it a gender issue by saying this:

To all those who say "women should get thicker skins and not take things personally" I say "certain men should stop equating being right with their worth/masculinity or go back to the cave where they belong".

In a meritocracy, which all technical projects should strive to be, being right is directly equated with your worth as far as the project's concerned. Masculinity has nothing to do with it.

If someone who has been trusted with the maintainer role of an important subsystem, as both of the people in Ms. Sharp's earlier examples are/were, it's fair to expect that they understand the basic rules of kernel development. If they then try to violate those rules and go out of their way to defend those violations, it's fair to drop the politeness. If it's a recurring problem as Linus claims and I'm very willing to believe, it's not unexpected that someone might have very little patience.

FYI, *patches* will be moderated by someone other than me. As this is my *kernel*, not a government entity, I have the right to replace any *patch* I feel like with “fart fart fart fart”.

Matthew will soon add this to his new Management Style document.

Unlike the 'filthy, violent' old one:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Doc...

So she's a social justice warrior troll doing this for attention? Called it earlier.

Expect her to have a Patreon account up within a few days, as well as a campaign started explaining why Linus is problematic and needs to be removed from Linux development soon, or how Linux needs a safe space special interest group so feminist coders can submit their commits without being threatened by people pointing out their code sucks. Because remember kids, criticism is "Cyber Violence."

As an aside, she's a blockbot user, so yes, she most definitely is a SJW or a SJW ally:
https://twitter.com/sarahsharp

(If you're blocked and have never even spoken with her, congratulations, you're a member of Randy Harper's blacklist, an list of white men, gamers, nerds, conservatives, KFC, President Obama, and other people Randy Harper and her radical feminist friends consider too "problematic" to be allowed to communicate with people in the tech industry.)

Actually... Yuuuup, 5 seconds of research later:
http://sarah.thesharps.us/tag/...

Third Wave (Professional Victim) Feminist, with posts pushing the lie about the gender gap (there are more women than men getting STEM degrees now), and a post about the "Donglegate" lynch mob, wherein a professional outrage mob was directed by professional victim and gender identity con artist Adria Richards to shame and destroy the lives of two men making a joke about forking and dongles, suggesting that hearing a joke you disagree with is equivalent to being physically attacked.

In short: She might be a gifted programmer, but she's a weak willed human being, and her having a professional freakout about Linus making a joke about being intimidating isn't surprising -- it's a calculated maneuver. Expect something else to come up soon -- as mentioned, Linus will be deemed too problematic to be allowed to remain in Linux, or the Professional Victims will demand special treatment for Women in Linux Development.

Uhmm, there's more then one person with that name...
http://sarah.thesharps.us/

I could engage in some huge diatribe about how you're objectifying women and you shouldn't be a douche online 'cause that makes the geek girls uncomfortable.

But I'm not even going to need that line. I'm just going to point out what she says on her blog:

Vim automatic spell checking is my crutch

Vim. Vim!. As in "Mmmmmmm, I love vi."

Arrrrggggghhhhh!!!! So sad. Another soul lost...

Okay, all together now: "I wish they all could be Emacs girls..."