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."

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Re:Linus is getting old and cranky

[rs79]

As far as I can tell using Linux is the primary symptom of Assburgers.

The bug is interesting and has deep ramifications. What does /. do ? Have everyone post "I use Linux". Oy.

Not on board with Linus' management style here

[OzPeter]

OK first of all I have no clear idea as to the technicalities at issue, but I do agree that Linus is in control of the finished product.

With that said, if Linus had an on going issue with this guy he should have addressed it directly instead of the starting with the sweeping generalization "By their you mean ".

Waiting for something to break and then throwing a tantrum and saying "its my ball I'm not letting you play with it now", is as childish as it seems. A good manager should have pulled this guy up a long time ago and said "Don't try any of that shit any more. If you do here is what is going to happen..". A bad manager blows up about it in public.