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Linus Torvalds Suspends Key Linux Developer
alphadogg writes: "An argument between developers of some of the most basic parts of Linux turned heated this week, resulting in a prominent Red Hat employee and code contributor being banned from working on the Linux kernel. Kay Sievers, a well-known open-source software engineer, is a key developer of systemd, a system management framework for Linux-based operating systems. Systemd is currently used by several prominent Linux distributions, including two of the most prominent enterprise distros, Red Hat and SUSE. It was recently announced that Ubuntu would adopt systemd in future versions as well. Sievers was banned by kernel maintainer Linus Torvalds on Wednesday for failing to address an issue that caused systemd to interact with the Linux kernel in negative ways."
I would have gotten first post if I wasn't running both the base kernel’s debugging routine and that of systemd.
Linus just talks like a sailor.
Arrh, I dun think so me shiverin' matey!
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
A kid'll use Ubuntu, too.
Wouldn't you?
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
who runs Linux these days?
Linux is 25 years old now. You don't run it, you walk it slowly with a leash and let it have a pee on the front lawn.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I sometimes run Linux and sometimes run Windows. Why? Because it's nice for my OS to piss me off in different ways instead of always the same ways. :-)
This story somehow reminds me of the Seinfeld Spongeworthy episode. Elaine finds out that the contraceptive sponge is no longer manufactured so she hoards them and then chooses her lovers based on the fact of whether or not she thinks they're Spongeworthy. I think in this case Linus doesn't have enough sponges left to waste.
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
For those of us lacking in perspective on how Fun! kernel debugging is, here is a voice from the MS side of things. Dangerous curveballs ahead.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/mickens/thenightwatch.pdf
For those of us lacking in perspective on how Fun! kernel debugging is, here is a voice from the MS side of things. Dangerous curveballs ahead.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/mickens/thenightwatch.pdf
OK. That was GREAT!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
One thing you can't say about him - that he's slow to act on bugs...
Rethinking email
As far as I can tell using OSX is the primary sign of being a pretentious asshole. But I don't go around calling pretentious assholes what they are. Because I am, you know, respectful?